(verb) : ex -sĕco (also exĕco and exĭco, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 34), cŭi, ctum, 1 (
* Perf. subj. exsecaveris, Cato, R. R. 42), , to cut out or away.
* Lit. (class.).
* In gen.: vitiosas partes,Cic. Att. 2, 1, 7: pestem aliquam tamquam strumam civitatis,id. Sest. 65, 135: linguam,id. Clu. 66: cornu (frontis),Hor. S. 1, 5, 59: varices,Sen. Ep. 78 med.: fetum ventri,Plin. 8, 55, 81, § 217: ventrem,Dig. 28, 2, 12: filium alicui mortuae,ib. 50, 16, 132: nervos,Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 91: fundum armarii,id. Clu. 64, 179.
* Trop.: exsectus et exemptus honoribus senatoriis,Plin. Ep. 2, 12, 3.—Poet., of interest: quinas hic capiti mercedes exsecat (=extorquet, extundit),cuts out, deducts,Hor. S. 1, 2, 14.

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