exsectio
From LSJ
Ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι → I seem, then, in just this little thing to be wiser than this man at any rate, that what I do not know I do not think I know either
Latin > English
exsectio exsectionis N F :: cutting out
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
exsectĭo: (exect-), ōnis, f. exseco,
I a cutting out, excision: illa conscelerata linguae, Cic. Clu. 67, 191: fundi in armario, id. ib. 64, 180.—In plur.: mammarum, Arn. 5, 165.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
exsectĭō,¹⁵ ōnis, f. (exseco), amputation : Cic. Clu. 180 ; 191.
Latin > German (Georges)
exsectio, ōnis, f. (exseco), I) das Ausschneiden, Abschneiden, fundi, Cic. Clu. 180: linguae, ibid. 191. – Plur., exsectiones mammarum, Arnob. 5, 14. – II) prägn. = ἀνατομή, die Zergliederung des Körpers, Chalcid. Tim. 246.
