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|lshtext=<b>scindo</b>: scĭdi, scissum, 3 (old<br /><b>I</b> perf. redupl. scicidi, Enn., Naev., Att, and Afran. ap. Prisc. p. 890 P.; or Enn. p. 133 Vanl.; Com. Rel. pp. 19 and 164 Rib.; cf. also, sciciderat. Gell 6, 9, 16), v. a. [[akin]] to Gr. [[σχίζω]],> to [[split]]; cf. Germ. scheiden, and Lat. [[scio]], to [[cut]], [[tear]], [[rend]], or [[break]] [[asunder]]; to [[split]], [[cleave]], [[divide]], or [[separate]] by [[force]], etc. (freq. and [[class]].; [[but]] in tempp.perf.[[ante]]-[[class]].and postAug.; syn.: [[findo]], [[rumpo]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[quom]] [[saxum]] scisciderit, Enn. ap. Prisc. l. l.: non [[ergo]] [[aquila]] scisciderat [[pectus]], Att. ib. and ap. Gell. l. l.: [[satis]] [[fortiter]] [[vestras]] sciscidistis [[colus]], Afran. ap. Prisc. l. l.: scindens dolore [[identidem]] intonsam comam, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 62: crines, Verg. A. 12, 870; Ov. M. 11, 683: capillos, id. H. 3, 79; Tib. 1, 10, 55; cf., in a Greek [[construction]]: scissaeque capillos matres, Ov. M. 8, 526: [[vela]], Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 18: epistulam, Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 9: vestem, to [[tear]] [[open]], Liv. 3, 58; Quint. 2, 15, 7; Prop. 2, 15 (3, 7), 18; Ov. M. 9, 166; Hor. C. 1, 17, 27; cf.: vestem [[tibi]] de corpore, Prop. 2, 5, 21: pecora scindunt herbarum radices, Col. 2, 18, 2: asini me mordicibus scindant, [[tear]], [[lacerate]], Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 57: [[sinus]], Ov. M. 10, 386: [[latus]] [[flagello]], id. Ib. 185: lacerum [[corpus]] ictibus innumeris, Sil. 1, 172: vitiato [[fistula]] [[plumbo]] Scinditur, bursts [[open]], Ov. M. 4, 123; cf.: et faceret scissas languida [[ruga]] genas, [[wrinkled]], Prop. 3, 10, 6: [[vallum]], to [[break]] [[through]], [[tear]] up, Caes. B. G. 3, 5; 5, 51; Liv. 7, 37; Tac. H. 4, 28: [[limen]] portae, to [[break]] in pieces, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 31: pontem, to [[break]] [[down]], id. ib. 5, 26: cuneis [[lignum]], to [[split]], [[cleave]], Verg. G. 1, 144: quercum cuneis, id. A. 7, 510: cuneis fissile [[robur]], id. ib. 6, 182; cf.: ferro [[aequor]] (i. e. humum), id. G. 1, 50; cf. [[solum]], id. ib. 2, 399: vomere terram, Ov. A. A. 2, 671: freta ictu (remorum), id. M. 11, 463: [[puppis]] aquas, id. Tr. 1, 10, 48: fluvios natatu, Claud. Cons. Hon. 4, 347: tellurem [[mare]] scindit, Luc. 3, 61: [[agmen]], Tac. A. 1, 65 et saep.: labra, to [[open]] [[wide]], Quint. 11, 3, 81: [[obsonium]], to [[cut]] up, [[carve]], Sen. Vit. Beat. 17; cf. [[nihil]] ([[edulium]]), Mart. 3, 12, 2: aves in frusta, Sen. Brev. Vit. 12.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Prov.: penulam alicui, to [[tear]] [[off]] one's travelling [[cloak]], i.e. to [[urge]], [[press]], [[solicit]] one to [[stay]], Cic. Att. 13, 33, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., to [[part]], [[separate]], [[divide]]; of places: dirimit scinditque Sueviam continuum montium jugum, Tac. G. 43: [[frons]] [[Italia]] in duo se cornua scindit, Mel. 2, 4, 7.— Mid.: [[omnis]] [[Italia]] scinditur in duo promuntoria, Sall. H. 4, 18 Dietsch.—In gen.: se (lutamenta), [[Cato]], R. R. 128: se ([[nubes]]), Verg. A. 1, 587.—Mid.: [[omnis]] [[fumus]], [[vapor]], etc. ... scinduntur per [[iter]] flexum, Lucr. 4, 91: scinditur in geminas partes [[circumfluus]] [[amnis]], Ov. M. 15, 739; Luc. 1, 551.—Absol.: sentes [[quod]] tetigere, [[ilico]] rapiunt: si eas ereptum, [[ilico]] scindunt, Plaut. Cas. 3, 6, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[destroy]]: scindunt [[proceres]] [[Pergamum]], Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 130.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., to [[tear]] in pieces, to [[distract]], [[agitate]], [[disturb]], etc.: aliquem quāvis scindunt cuppedine curae, Lucr. 3, 994: quantae tum scindunt hominem cuppedinis acres Sollicitum curae, id. 5, 46: [[nolo]] commemorare, quibus rebus sim [[spoliatus]], ne scindam [[ipse]] dolorem [[meum]], [[tear]] [[open]], i. e. [[renew]] my [[grief]], Cic. Att. 3, 15, 2: non [[sine]] [[piaculo]] sanctissimas necessitudines scindi, to be sundered, separated, Plin. [[Pan]]. 37 fin.: ut ([[actio]]) noctis interventu scinderetur, [[was]] interrupted, id. Ep. 2, 11, 16: verba fletu, Ov. P. 3, 1, 157: vox scinditur, is [[broken]], [[cracked]], Quint. 11, 3, 20: sic [[genus]] amborum scindit se [[sanguine]] ab uno, divides, branches [[off]], Verg. A. 8, 142; cf.: scidit [[deinde]] se [[studium]] [[atque]] inertiā [[factum]] est, ut artes esse [[plures]] viderentur, [[was]] separated, divided, Quint. prooem. § 13; cf.: [[naturalis]] [[pars]] philosophiae in duo scinditur corporalia et incorporalia, Sen. Ep. 89, 16: scinditur [[incertum]] studia in contraria [[vulgus]], Verg. A. 2, 39; cf. Tac. H. 1, 13: scindebatur in multiplices curas, Amm. 16, 3, 3.—Hence, [[scissus]], a, um, P. a., [[split]], [[cleft]], divided.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: folia pluribus divisuris, Plin. 25, 5, 21, § 48: [[vitis]] folio, id. 14, 2, 4, § 23: scissae (aures) cervis ac [[velut]] divisae, id. 11, 37, 50, § 136: [[alumen]], Col. 6, 13, 1 (for [[which]]: scissile [[alumen]], Cels. 5, 2; 6, 11): vestibus, Vulg. Job, 2, 12.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.: [[genus]] vocum, [[harsh]], [[grating]], Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216.—No comp., [[sup]]., or adv.