exseco

ex-sĕco (also exĕco and exĭco, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 34), cŭi, ctum, 1 ( perf. subj. exsecaveris, Cato, R. R. 42), v. a., to cut out or away.

I.

Lit. (class.).

A.

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.—

B.

In partic., to cut, castrate, geld:

vetus haec opinio Graeciam opplevit exsectum Caelum a filio Saturno,

Cic. N. D. 2, 24, 63; Suet. Ner. 28; Mart. 6, 2, 2;

and in a Greek construction: infelix ferro mollita juventus Atque exsecta virum,

Luc. 10, 134.—

II.

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.