(verb) : findo, fĭdi, fissum, 3, root Sanscr. bhid-, to cleave; Germ. beissen; Engl. bite
* To cleave, split, part, separate, divide (class.; cf.: scindo, seco, caedo).
* Lit.: hoc enim quasi rostro finditur Fibrenus et divisus aequaliter in duas partes latera haec alluit, Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6; cf.: inimicam findite rostris Hanc terram,Verg. A. 10, 295: patrios findere sarculo agros,Hor. C. 1, 1, 11: terras vomere,Ov. A. A. 2, 671: mare carinā,Prop. 3, 9 (4, 8), 35: Assaraci tellus, quam ... Findunt Scamandri flumina,Hor. Epod. 13, 14: hiulca siti findit Canis aestifer arva,Verg. G. 2, 353; cf.: arentes cum findit Sirius agros,Tib. 1, 7, 21: rubra Canicula findet Statuas,Hor. S. 2, 5, 39: os,Cels. 8, 4 med.; cf. id. 8, 3 fin.: specularis lapis finditur in quamlibet tenues crustas,Plin. 36, 22, 45, § 160; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 21: hic locus est, partes ubi se via findit in ambas,Verg. A. 6, 540; id. G. 2, 78; Ov. M. 4, 65.
* In part. perf.: fissa ferarum ungula,Lucr. 4, 680: ungulae equi,Suet. Caes. 61: lingua in partes duas,Ov. M. 4, 585: lignum,Verg. A. 9, 413: ferulae,Cels. 8, 10; cf. id. 8, 3 fin.
* Trop., to divide (poet. and very seldom): Idus sunt agendae, Qui dies mensem Veneris marinae Findit Aprilem,Hor. C. 4, 11, 16: fissa voluntas,Prud. Psych. 760.—Hence, fissum, i, n., a cleft, slit, fissure.
* In gen. (very rare): postquam implevisti fusti fissorum caput,Plaut. Aul. 3, 4, 7: ad ani fissa,Cels. 5, 20, 5.
* Esp., in the lang. of augurs, of the divided liver: jecorum,Cic. Div. 1, 52, 118; cf.: fissum in exitis,id. ib. 1, 10, 16; jecoris,id. N. D. 3, 6, 14: familiare et vitale,id. Div. 2, 13, 32.

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