exscindo
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Latin > English
exscindo exscindere, exscidi, exscissus V TRANS :: demolish/destroy, raze to ground (town/building); exterminate/destroy (people)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ex-scindo: (exc-), ĭdi, issum, 3, v. a. (lit., to tear out; hence, in gen.),
I to extirpate, destroy (syn.: delere, evertere, vastare).
I Lit. (class.): templum sanctitatis, etc. ... inflammari, exscindi, funestari, Cic. Mil. 33, 90; cf. id. Planc. 41, 97; id. Phil. 4, 5, 13; id. Rep. 6, 11; Sall. H. 4, 61, 17; Liv. 28, 44, 2; 44, 27, 5: Pergama Argolicis telis, Verg. A. 2, 177: domos, id. ib. 12, 643: ferro sceleratam gentem, id. ib. 9, 137: hostem, Tac. A. 2, 25.—
II Trop., to tear away: fortine animam hanc exscindere dextra indignum est visum? Sil. 4, 674. (In Plin. Pan. 34, 2, read excidisti).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
exscindō,¹¹ ĭdī, issum, ĕre, tr., briser, détruire, renverser, anéantir : hostem Tac. Ann. 2, 25, tailler l’ennemi en pièces ; urbes Cic. Domo 61, détruire des villes, cf. Mil. 90 ; Phil. 4, 13 ; Rep. 6, 11 ; Liv. 28, 44, 2.
Latin > German (Georges)
ex-scindo (excindo), scidī, scissum, ere, ausreißen, übtr., I) im allg.: fortine animam hanc exscindere dextrā indignum est visum? Sil. 4, 672 sq. – II) prägn., ausrotten, vernichten, vertilgen, zerstören, ruinieren (s. Heräus Tac. hist. 2, 38, 4), a) eine Örtl. usw., Numantiam, Cic.: urbem, Cic. u. Liv.: oppida, Lact.: coloniam, Tac.: alienos od. suos fines, Liv.: curiam, Cic.: Capitolium, Tac.: domos, Verg.: ferro columnas, Verg. – b) Pers. (s. Nipperd. Tac. ann. 2, 25), amicos, socios, Sall. fr.: hostem, Tac.: gentem, Verg.: aemulas urbes regesve, Tac. – c) Abstr.: veritatem penitus, Lact.: tam clarum nomen, Sil.: virtutem ipsam, Tac.
