avulsio
Ὁ δὲ μὴ δυνάμενος κοινωνεῖν ἢ μηδὲν δεόμενος δι' αὐτάρκειαν οὐθὲν μέρος πόλεως, ὥστε ἢ θηρίον ἢ θεός → Whoever is incapable of associating, or has no need to because of self-sufficiency, is no part of a state; so he is either a beast or a god
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
āvulsĭō (āvol-), ōnis, f. (avello), action d’arracher, de détacher : Plin. 17, 58 ; 17, 98 || [fig.] arrachement par la mort] : de uxore Cypr. Mortal. 12, arrachement à son épouse.
Latin > German (Georges)
āvulsio (āvolsio), ōnis, f. (avello), das Abreißen, dah. a) meton. (als t. t. der Gartenkunst) = die abgerissenen Zweige (um daraus Bäume zu ziehen), Plin. 17, 58; 17, 98. – b) übtr., die Losreißung durch den Tod, de uxore, de liberis, de excedentibus caris funebris et tristis avulsio, Cypr. de mortal. 12.
Latin > English
avulsio avulsionis N F :: process of tearing away/pulling off
