abscido

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

abs-cīdo: cīdi, cīsum, 3, v. a. caedo,
I to cut off with a sharp instrument (diff. from ab-scindo, to break or tear off as with the hand); the former corresponds to praecidere, the latter to avellere, v. Liv. 31, 34, 4 Drak.
I Lit.: caput, Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5; Liv. 4, 19; Verg. A. 12, 511 al.; so, membra, Lucr. 3, 642: bracchium, Liv. 4, 28, 8: collum, Sil. 15, 473: dextram, Suet. Caes. 68: linguam, Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 7; Suet. Calig. 27 al.: comas alicui, Luc. 6, 568: truncos arborum et ramos, Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 2.—
II Trop., to cut off, deprive of; to detract: spem (alicui), Liv. 4, 10, 4; 24, 30, 12; 35, 45, 6: orationem alicui, id. 45, 37, 9: omnium rerum respectum sibi, id. 9, 23, 12: omnia praesidia, Tac. H. 3, 78: vocem, Vell. 2, 66; cf. Quint. 8, 3, 85.—Absol.: quarum (orationum) alteram non libebat mihi scribere, quia abscideram, had broken off, Cic. Att. 2, 7.—Hence, abscīsus, a, um, P. a., cut off.
   A Of places, steep, precipitous (cf. abruptus): saxum undique abscisum, Liv. 32, 4, 5; so id. 32, 25, 36: rupes, id. 32, 5, 12.—
   B Of speech, abrupt, concise, short: in voce aut omnino suppressā, aut etiam abscisā, Quint. 8, 3, 85; 9, 4, 118 Halm (al. abscissa): asperum et abscisum castigationis genus, Val. Max. 2, 7, 14: responsum, id. 3, 8, 3: sententia, id. 6, 3, 10; cf. in comp.: praefractior atque abscisior justitia, id. 6, 5, ext. 4.—Sup. prob. not used.—Adv.: abscīsē, cut off; hence, of speech, concisely, shortly, distinctly, Val. Max. 3, 7, ext. 6; Dig. 50, 6, 5, § 2.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

abscīdō,¹¹ cīdī, cīsum, ĕre (abs et cædo), tr.,
1 séparer en coupant, trancher : caput Cic. Phil. 11, 5, trancher la tête, cf. Liv. 31, 34, 5 ; Cæs. G. 3, 14, 7 ; 7, 73, 2
2 [fig.] a) séparer : abscisus in duas partes exercitus Cæs. C. 3, 72, l’armée scindée en deux parties ; hostium pars parti abscisa erat Liv. 8, 25, 5, une partie des ennemis se trouvait isolée de l’autre ; abscisa aqua Liv. 41, 11, 4, eau détournée par une saignée]; b) retrancher, enlever [l’espoir, un appui] : Liv. 35, 45, 6 ; Tac. H. 3, 78.