con-scindo, ĭdi, issum, 3
* V. a., to tear or rend to pieces (very rare).
* Lit: pallulam,Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 32: vestem,Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 4: epistulam,Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 4: ipsam capillo for illius capillum,Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 4 Ruhnk.
* Trop.: quā dominus, quā advocati sibilis conscissi,hissed at,Cic. Att. 2, 19, 3; cf.: is me ab optimatibus ait conscindi, am pulled to pieces, i. e. abused, calumniated, id. ib. 8, 16, 1.

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