Lewis Short
(verb) : ab-scindo, cĭdi, cissum, 3
* To tear off or away, to rend away (v. preced. art.).
* Lit.: tunicam a pectore abscidit,he tore the tunic down from his breast,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 1: cervicibus fractis caput abscidit,cut off,id. Phil. 11, 5.—With simple abl.: umeris abscindere vestem,Verg. A. 5, 685; with de, id. G. 2, 23: nec quidquam deus abscidit terras,torn asunder, separated,Hor. C. 1, 3, 21; cf. Verg. A. 3, 418; Ov. M. 1, 22 al.: venas,to open the veins,Tac. A. 15, 69; 16, 11.
* Trop., to cut off, separate, divide (rare): reditus dulces,to cut off,Hor. Epod. 16, 35: inane soldo,to separate,id. S. 1, 2, 113: querelas alicujus,Val. Fl. 2, 160: jus,Dig. 28, 2, 9, § 2.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary