dē-sĕco — Lewis & Short
dē-sĕco, cŭi, ctum, 1,
I 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.