delacero
From LSJ
ξένῳ δὲ σιγᾶν κρεῖττον ἢ κεκραγέναι → it's better for a stranger to keep silence than to shout (Menander)
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.
