conscindo

con-scindo, ĭdi, issum, 3, v. a., to tear or rend to pieces (very rare).

I.

Lit:

pallulam,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 32:

vestem,

Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 4:

epistulam,

Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 4:

ipsam capillo for illius capillum,

Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 4 Ruhnk.—

II.

Trop.:

quā dominus, quā advocati sibilis conscissi,

hissed at, Cic. Att. 2, 19, 3; cf.: is me ab optimatibus ait conscindi, am pulled to pieces, i. e. abused, calumniated, id. ib. 8, 16, 1.