rē-scindo — Lewis & Short
rē-scindo, scĭdi, scissum, 3, v. a.,
I 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,Cic. 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,Cic. 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.