sectura
From LSJ
ἆρ' ἐς τὸ κάλλος ἐκκεκώφηται ξίφη → can it be that her beauty has blunted their swords, can it be that their swords are blunted at the sight of her beauty
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sectūra: ae, f. seco,
I a cutting (very rare).
I Lit.: scutum a secturā, Varr. L. L. 5, § 115 Müll.: callaides secturā formantur, alias fragiles, Plin. 37, 8, 33, § 111.—
II Transf.
A A cut: ut sectura inferior ponatur semper, Plin. 17, 17, 28, § 124.—
B The place where any thing is cut or dug, diggings, mines: aerariae secturaeque, Caes. B. G. 3, 21, 3 (al. structurae).
