dē-sĕco, cŭi, ctum, 1
* V. a., to cut off, cut away (class.): vitem,Varr. R. R. 1, 41, 3: partes ex toto,Cic. Univ. 7: uvas a vite,Col. 12, 43, 1: segetes et prata,id. 11, 1, 8: spicas fascibus,Liv. 42, 64: particulam undique, * Hor. Od. 1, 16, 15; and poet.: saxa metallis,to carve out,Stat. S. 2, 2, 85: hordeum, pabulum, herbas,Caes. B. C. 3, 58, 5; cf. segetem,Liv. 2, 5: aures,Caes. B. G. 7, 4 fin.; cf. cervicem,Liv. 31, 34: spicas fascibus,id. 31, 34: collum, *Verg. A. 8, 438.
* Transf.: tu illud (prooemium) desecabis, hos agglutinabis,Cic. Att. 16, 6 fin.

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