Πάντα ταῦτα ἐπείρασα ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ: εἶπα Σοφισθήσομαι, καὶ αὐτὴ ἐμακρύνθη ἀπ' ἐμοῦ· κτλ. (Εcclesiastes 7:23f., LXX version) → I tried to give proof in wisdom of all those things; I said, I will be wise, but that wisdom was far from me ...
lănĭātĭo: ōnis, f. 1. lanio,
I a tearing in pieces, a mangling, lacerating (postAug.): caedes hominum et laniationes, Sen. Clem. 2, 4, 2.