(verb) : dis-sĕco (dissĭc-), ŭi, ctum, 1
* To cut asunder, cut in pieces, cut up, dissect (post-Aug.; esp. freq. in Pliny the elder— cf.: seco, meto, findo, scindo): unionem,Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 121: pectus,id. 11, 37, 70, § 185: caput viperae,id. 29, 4, 21, § 69: mures,id. 30, 9, 23, § 76: ranas,id. 32, 9, 36, § 111: multos medios serra,Suet. Calig. 27; App. M. 8, p. 214.
* Trop.: dissecari cordibus suis,to be cut to the heart,Vulg. Act. 7, 54 al.

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