The corpus record — Latin

dilacero

v. a., to tear to pieces, to tear apart (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose)

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Where it lives

In Rufinum 1 · 1.75/10k
Peristephanon Liber 3 · 1.71/10k
Hercules 1 · 1.31/10k
De Scorpiace 1 · 1.26/10k
Epistulae 3 · 1.17/10k
Captivi 1 · 1.16/10k
Pro T. Annio Milone 1 · 0.95/10k
Hercules Oetaeus 1 · 0.89/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.78/10k
Jugurtha 1 · 0.47/10k
Annales 2 · 0.23/10k
Noctes Atticae 2 · 0.18/10k

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

dī-lăcĕro — Lewis & Short

dī-lăcĕro, āvi, ātum, 1,

I v. a., to tear to pieces, to tear apart (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

I Lit.: dilaceranda feris dabor, * Cat. 64, 152; cf. Ov. H. 12, 116: dominum (canes), id. M. 3, 250: natum, id. H. 11, 112: muliebre corpus tormentis, Tac. A. 15, 57: aliquid (spiculā), to lacerate, wound, Cels. 7, 5, 2: leonem, Vulg. Judic. 14, 6.—

II Trop.: annum integrum ad dilacerandam rem publicam quaerere, Cic. Mil. 9, 24: res publica dilacerata, Sall. J. 41, 5 Kritz. (prob. an imitation of Thuc. 3, 82 fin.): malis consultis animus dilaceratur, Tac. A. 6, 6 fin.; cf. opes, Ov. H. 1, 90 Loers.: gentem, Vulg. Isa. 18, 2: (dilaceravisti, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 14 Fleck.; others, delac-).

Where it came from

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