dē-pecto, no
* 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.

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