Ὑπὸ γὰρ λόγων ὁ νοῦς μετεωρίζεται ἐπαίρεταί τ' ἄνθρωπος → Borne up by words, the mind soars aloft, and we reach the heights (Aristophanes, Birds 1447f.)
dē-cortĭco: no
I perf., ātum, 1, v. a. cortex, to deprive of the bark: to bark, to peel (rare), Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 188: abietem, id. 16, 41, 80, § 221: ficum, Vulg. Joel 1, 7.