depecto
Κινδυνεύουσι γὰρ ὅσοι τυγχάνουσιν ὀρθῶς ἁπτόμενοι φιλοσοφίας λεληθέναι τοὺς ἄλλους ὅτι οὐδὲν ἄλλο αὐτοὶ ἐπιτηδεύουσιν ἢ ἀποθνῄσκειν τε καὶ τεθνάναι → Actually, the rest of us probably haven't realized that those who manage to pursue philosophy as it should be pursued are practicing nothing else but dying and being dead (Socrates via Plato, Phaedo 64a.5)
Latin > English
depecto depactere, -, depexus V TRANS :: comb out; comb thoroughly; comb off/away
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dēpectō,¹⁴ pexum, ĕre, tr.,
1 détacher (séparer) en peignant : ars depectendi lini Plin. 19, 18, l’art de peigner le lin ; vellera foliis Virg. G. 2, 121, détacher le duvet, la soie des feuilles
2 [fig.] battre, rosser [cf. « une peignée »] : depexus Ter. Haut. 951.
Latin > German (Georges)
dē-pecto, pēxī, pexum, ere, I) herabkämmen, prominentem barbam, Sen.: capillum, Gell.: crines, Ov.: crines detonso buxo, Ov.: ars depectendi, die Kunst, den Flachs zu hecheln (zu riffeln), Plin. 19, 18. – scherzh., striegeln = durchprügeln, Ter. heaut. 951. – II) abkämmen, frondium canitiem, Plin.: vellera foliis (v. den Bl.) tenuia, Verg. georg. 2, 121.
