cancello

From LSJ

οὔποτε ποιήσεις τὸν καρκίνον ὀρθὰ βαδίζειν → thou shalt never make the crab walk straight

Source

Latin > English

cancello cancellare, cancellavi, cancellatus V TRANS :: arrange in criss-cross pattern; enclose in lattice/grid; cancel, cross out

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

cancello: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. cancelli (post-Aug.).
I In gen., to make like a lattice, to lattice: solum, i. e. with vines, Col. 4, 2, 2: cancellata cutis (elephanti), Plin. 8, 10, 10, § 30; cf. cancelli: cancellato bracchiorum implexu, id. 9, 51, 74, § 164. —
II Esp., in the Lat. of the jurists, to strike out a writing lattice-wise (Χ>), to strike or cross out, to cancel: testamentum, Dig. 28, 4, 2: chirographum, ib. 22, 3, 24: tabulae cautionesque cancellatae, ib. 47, 2, 84; 2, 14, 47, § 2; 29, 1, 15, § 1; Cod. 6, 33, 3.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

cancellō, āvī, ātum, āre (cancellus), tr.,
1 disposer en treillis : Col. Rust. 4, 2, 2
2 biffer : Ulp. Dig. 28, 4, 2 || délimiter : Grom.

Latin > German (Georges)

cancello, āvī, ātum, āre, I) gitterförmig machen, gittern, solum quasi cancellare, vom Weinstocke, sich am Boden gitterförmig geschlungen hinranken (= καρκινοῦσθαι), Col. 4, 2, 2. – öfter Partiz. Perf. = gegittert, cancellata cutis, Plin.: cancellatae manus, Solin. – II) mit Gittern (×) durchstreichen, kanzellieren, eine Schrift, ICt. – III) einen Acker nach Quadratschuhen ausmessen, universa regio, quae cancellata erat, Gromat. vet. 118, 25.

Latin > Chinese

cancello, as, are. :: 圍以柵欄勾消