abscindo
ἁρμονίη ἀφανὴς φανερῆς κρείττων → the hidden attunement is better than the obvious one, invisible connection is stronger than visible, harmony we can't see is stronger than harmony we can, unseen harmony is stronger than what we can see
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ab-scindo: cĭdi, cissum, 3, v. a.,
I to tear off or away, to rend away (v. preced. art.).
I Lit.: tunicam a pectore abscidit, he tore the tunic down from his breast, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 1: cervicibus fractis caput abscidit, cut off, id. Phil. 11, 5.—With simple abl.: umeris abscindere vestem, Verg. A. 5, 685; with de, id. G. 2, 23: nec quidquam deus abscidit terras, torn asunder, separated, Hor. C. 1, 3, 21; cf. Verg. A. 3, 418; Ov. M. 1, 22 al.: venas, to open the veins, Tac. A. 15, 69; 16, 11.—
II Trop., to cut off, separate, divide (rare): reditus dulces, to cut off, Hor. Epod. 16, 35: inane soldo, to separate, id. S. 1, 2, 113: querelas alicujus, Val. Fl. 2, 160: jus, Dig. 28, 2, 9, § 2.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
abscindō,¹¹ scĭdī, scissum, ĕre, tr.
1 séparer en déchirant, arracher, déchirer : alicujus tunicam a pectore Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 3, arracher à qqn sa tunique de la poitrine, cf. Virg. En. 5, 685 ; [poét.] abscissa comas Virg. En. 4, 590, s’arrachant les cheveux ; eodem ferro venas abscindere Tac. Ann. 16, 11, s’ouvrir les veines du même fer || plantas de corpore matrum Virg. G. 2, 23, arracher les rejetons de la souche maternelle ; Hesperium Siculo latus Virg. En. 3, 417, arracher de la Sicile le flanc de l’Italie, cf. Hor. O. 1, 3, 21
2 [fig.] a) séparer : inane soldo Hor. S. 1, 2, 113, le vide du plein ; b) supprimer : Hor. Epo. 16, 35.
