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delacero

From LSJ

Δίκαιος εἶναι μᾶλλον ἢ χρηστὸς θέλε → Benignus esse quaere, sed iustus magis → Gerecht zu sein sei mehr dein Wunsch als gutgesinnt

Menander, Monostichoi, 114

Latin > English

delacero delacerare, delaceravi, delaceratus V TRANS :: tear to shreads/pieces; destroy, frustrate (L+S)

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

dē-lăcĕro: āvi, 1, v. a. (lit.,
I to tear in pieces), trop., to frustrate, destroy: me meamque rem, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 14 Brix. (Fleck., dilaceravisti, v. dilacero).

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

dēlăcĕrō,¹⁶ āvī, āre, tr., déchirer, mettre en pièces : *Pl. Capt. 672.

Latin > Chinese

*delacero, as, are. :: 撕爛