avulsio

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κατ' ἀρχῆς γὰρ φιλαίτιος λεώςpeople are always ready to blame the rulers, people are against authority, people were fond of anything by which they could call authority in question

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

āvulsĭo: (āvol-), ōnis, f. avello; in gardening, t. t.,
I a plucking off, tearing off of the branches of a tree: Aut semine (arbores) proveniunt aut plantis radicis aut propagine aut avolsione, Plin. 17, 10, 9, § 58; 17, 13, 21, § 98.