scindo — Lewis & Short
scindo, scĭdi, scissum, 3 (old
I perf. redupl. scicidi, Enn., Naev., Att, and Afran. ap. Prisc. p. 890 P.; or Enn. p. 133 Vanl.; Com. Rel. pp. 19 and 164 Rib.; cf. also, sciciderat. Gell 6, 9, 16), v. a. akin to Gr. sxi/zw, to split; cf. Germ. scheiden, and Lat. scio, to cut, tear, rend, or break asunder; to split, cleave, divide, or separate by force, etc. (freq. and class.; but in tempp.perf.ante-class.and postAug.; syn.: findo, rumpo).
I Lit.: quom saxum scisciderit, Enn. ap. Prisc. l. l.: non ergo aquila scisciderat pectus, Att. ib. and ap. Gell. l. l.: satis fortiter vestras sciscidistis colus, Afran. ap. Prisc. l. l.: scindens dolore identidem intonsam comam, Att. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 62:
crines,Verg. A. 12, 870; Ov. M. 11, 683:
capillos,id. H. 3, 79; Tib. 1, 10, 55; cf.
, in a Greek construction: scissaeque capillos matres,Ov. M. 8, 526:
vela,Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 18:
epistulam,Cic. Fam. 5, 20, 9:
vestem,to tear open, Liv. 3, 58; Quint. 2, 15, 7; Prop. 2, 15 (3, 7), 18; Ov. M. 9, 166; Hor. C. 1, 17, 27; cf.:
vestem tibi de corpore,Prop. 2, 5, 21:
pecora scindunt herbarum radices,Col. 2, 18, 2:
asini me mordicibus scindant,tear, lacerate, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 57:
sinus,Ov. M. 10, 386:
latus flagello,id. Ib. 185:
lacerum corpus ictibus innumeris,Sil. 1, 172:
vitiato fistula plumbo Scinditur,bursts open, Ov. M. 4, 123; cf.:
et faceret scissas languida ruga genas,wrinkled, Prop. 3, 10, 6:
vallum,to break through, tear up, Caes. B. G. 3, 5; 5, 51; Liv. 7, 37; Tac. H. 4, 28:
limen portae,to break in pieces, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 31:
pontem,to break down, id. ib. 5, 26:
cuneis lignum,to split, cleave, Verg. G. 1, 144:
quercum cuneis,id. A. 7, 510:
cuneis fissile robur,id. ib. 6, 182; cf.:
ferro aequor (i. e. humum),id. G. 1, 50; cf.
solum,id. ib. 2, 399:
vomere terram,Ov. A. A. 2, 671:
freta ictu (remorum),id. M. 11, 463:
puppis aquas,id. Tr. 1, 10, 48:
fluvios natatu,Claud. Cons. Hon. 4, 347:
tellurem mare scindit,Luc. 3, 61:
agmen,Tac. A. 1, 65 et saep.:
labra,to open wide, Quint. 11, 3, 81:
obsonium,to cut up, carve, Sen. Vit. Beat. 17; cf.
nihil (edulium),Mart. 3, 12, 2:
aves in frusta,Sen. Brev. Vit. 12.—
b Prov.: penulam alicui, to tear off one's travelling cloak, i.e. to urge, press, solicit one to stay, Cic. Att. 13, 33, 4.—
B Transf., to part, separate, divide; of places:
dirimit scinditque Sueviam continuum montium jugum,Tac. G. 43:
frons Italia in duo se cornua scindit,Mel. 2, 4, 7.—
Mid.: omnis Italia scinditur in duo promuntoria,Sall. H. 4, 18 Dietsch.—In gen.:
se (lutamenta),Cato, R. R. 128:
se (nubes),Verg. A. 1, 587.—Mid.:
omnis fumus, vapor, etc. ... scinduntur per iter flexum,Lucr. 4, 91:
scinditur in geminas partes circumfluus amnis,Ov. M. 15, 739; Luc. 1, 551.—Absol.:
sentes quod tetigere, ilico rapiunt: si eas ereptum, ilico scindunt,Plaut. Cas. 3, 6, 2.—
2 To destroy:
scindunt proceres Pergamum,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 130.—
II Trop., to tear in pieces, to distract, agitate, disturb, etc.:
aliquem quāvis scindunt cuppedine curae,Lucr. 3, 994:
quantae tum scindunt hominem cuppedinis acres Sollicitum curae,id. 5, 46: nolo commemorare, quibus rebus sim spoliatus, ne scindam ipse dolorem meum, tear open, i. e. renew my grief, Cic. Att. 3, 15, 2:
non sine piaculo sanctissimas necessitudines scindi,to be sundered, separated, Plin. Pan. 37 fin.:
ut (actio) noctis interventu scinderetur,was interrupted, id. Ep. 2, 11, 16:
verba fletu,Ov. P. 3, 1, 157:
vox scinditur,is broken, cracked, Quint. 11, 3, 20:
sic genus amborum scindit se sanguine ab uno,divides, branches off, Verg. A. 8, 142; cf.: scidit deinde se studium atque inertiā factum est, ut artes esse plures viderentur, was separated, divided, Quint. prooem. § 13; cf.:
naturalis pars philosophiae in duo scinditur corporalia et incorporalia,Sen. Ep. 89, 16:
scinditur incertum studia in contraria vulgus,Verg. A. 2, 39; cf. Tac. H. 1, 13:
scindebatur in multiplices curas,Amm. 16, 3, 3.—Hence, scissus, a, um, P. a., split, cleft, divided.
A Lit.:
folia pluribus divisuris,Plin. 25, 5, 21, § 48:
vitis folio,id. 14, 2, 4, § 23:
scissae (aures) cervis ac velut divisae,id. 11, 37, 50, § 136:
alumen,Col. 6, 13, 1 (for which:
scissile alumen,Cels. 5, 2; 6, 11):
vestibus,Vulg. Job, 2, 12.—
B Trop.:
genus vocum,harsh, grating, Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216.—No comp., sup., or adv.