deseco

dē-sĕco, cŭi, ctum, 1, v. a., to cut off, cut away (class.):

vitem,

Varr. R. R. 1, 41, 3:

partes ex toto,

Cic. Univ. 7:

uvas a vite,

Col. 12, 43, 1:

segetes et prata,

id. 11, 1, 8:

spicas fascibus,

Liv. 42, 64: particulam undique, * Hor. Od. 1, 16, 15; and poet.:

saxa metallis,

to carve out, Stat. S. 2, 2, 85:

hordeum, pabulum, herbas,

Caes. B. C. 3, 58, 5; cf.

segetem,

Liv. 2, 5:

aures,

Caes. B. G. 7, 4 fin.; cf.

cervicem,

Liv. 31, 34:

spicas fascibus,

id. 31, 34: collum, *Verg. A. 8, 438.—

II.

Transf.:

tu illud (prooemium) desecabis, hos agglutinabis,

Cic. Att. 16, 6 fin.