depecto
From LSJ
Ἱερὸν ἀληθῶς ἐστιν ἡ συμβουλία → Consilia dare, res prorsus et vere sacra est → Ein Heiligtum ist in der Tat ein guter Rat
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dē-pecto: no
I perf., xum, ĕre, v. a., to comb off, comb down, to comb (very rare): crines buxo, Ov. F. 6, 229; cf. jubas, id. A. A. 1, 630: Liber depexus crinibus, id. F. 3, 465: ars depectendi digerendique lini, Plin. 19, 1, 3, § 18: vellera foliis, Verg. G. 2, 121; cf. Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 58; 6, 17, 20, § 54.— Jocosely, i. q. to curry one's hide, i. e. give him a beating, Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 78; cf.: fusti pectito, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 116.
