(verb) : lancĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, cf. lacer
* To tear to pieces, to rend, mangle, lacerate (poet. and post-Aug.).
* Lit.: alium ira in cubili suo confodit ... alium intra leges celebrisque spectaculum fori lancinavit, Sen. de Ira, 1, 2, 2: morsu aliquem,Plin. 9, 6, 5, § 13: conjux membratim lancinatur,Arn. 1, 20: tot sinus Pelopennesi oram lancinant,indent, cut up,Plin. 4, 5, 9, § 19.
* Trop., to destroy, consume, waste: Cat. 29, 18: vitam (al. lanciniare),to fritter away, waste,Sen. Ep. 32, 2: credulitatem facetiis jocularibus,Arn. 2, 47.

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