rescindo

rē-scindo, scĭdi, scissum, 3, v. a., to cut off, cut loose, cut or break down; to cut or tear open (freq. and class.).

I.

Lit.:

pontem,

i. e. to break down, Caes. B. G. 1, 7; 4, 19 fin.; 6, 29; 7, 35; 7, 58 fin.; Nep. Milt. 3, 4; Liv. 2, 10; Flor. 3, 10, 3:

vallum ac loricam falcibus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 86 fin.: pluteos, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 95, 22:

cameras tectorum,

Front. Strat. 3, 4, 6:

tecta domusque in usum novae classis,

Flor. 2, 15, 10:

caelum,

Verg. G. 1, 280; id. A. 6, 583:

tenuem vestem e membris,

Tib. 1, 10, 61:

vestes,

Claud. B. Gild. 136:

decreta,

Suet. Calig. 3:

ense teli latebram penitus,

to cut open, Verg. A. 12, 390:

vulnera,

Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 63; Flor. 3, 23, 4; Plin. Ep. 7, 19, 9:

pectora ferro,

Stat. Th. 11, 507:

rescisso palato,

Luc. 4, 328:

plagam,

Flor. 4, 2, 72:

venam,

to open, Col. 6, 30, 5; 7, 10, 2; and poet.:

obductos annis luctus,

Ov. M. 12, 543:

an male sarta Gratia nequidquam coit et rescinditur?

Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 32;

imitated by Petronius: ne inter initia coëuntis gratiae recentem cicatricem rescinderet,

Petr. 113, 8.—

B.

Meton., to open:

vias,

Lucr. 2,406:

locum praesidiis firmatum atque omni ratione obvallatum,

Cic. Agr. 2, 1, 3:

ferro summum Ulceris os,

Verg. G. 3, 453; Col. 7, 5, 10; cf.:

latentia vitia (corresp. to aperire),

Quint. 9, 2, 93.—

II.

Trop., to annul, abolish, abrogate, repeal, rescind a law, decree, agreement, etc.:

mihi non videtur, quod sit factum legibus, Rescindi posse,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 16:

acta M. Antonii rescidistis, leges refixistis,

Cic. Phil. 13, 3, 5; so,

acta,

id. ib. 2, 42, 109; 13, 3, 5; Liv. 26, 31; Suet. Caes. 82; id. Claud. 11; Flor. 3, 23, 2:

acta deūm,

Ov. M. 14, 784:

jussa Jovis,

id. ib. 2, 678:

constitutiones senatūs,

Suet. Tib. 33:

concilia habita,

Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 31:

totam triennii praeturam,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 57, § 140:

rescindere et irritas facere omnes istius injurias,

id. ib. 2, 2, 26, §

63: res judicatas,

id. Sull. 22, 63; cf.

judicium,

id. Planc. 4, 10:

judicia,

Suet. Claud. 29:

ambitiosas Centumvir. sententias,

id. Dom. 8:

pactiones,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 5, 10:

testamenta mortuorum,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 43, § 111; Quint. 5, 2, 1; Suet. Calig. 38:

foedus turpe,

Vell. 2, 90, 3.— Poet.:

aevi leges validas,

Lucr. 5, 58:

beneficium suum insequenti injuriā,

Sen. Ben. 3, 13:

verbum Dei,

Vulg. Marc. 7, 13.