The corpus record — Latin

scissura

scissura · f

a tearing

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Where it lives

Psychomachia 1 · 1.67/10k
De Re Coquinaria 1 · 0.64/10k
De Medicina 1 · 0.1/10k
Naturalis Historia 4 · 0.1/10k

What it meant

scissūra — Lewis & Short

scissūra, ae, f.id.,

I a tearing, rending, dividing; a rent, cleft, scissure (postAug.).

I Lit., Sen. Q. N. 6, 2: ad scissuram Nili, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 50; 11, 28, 34, § 100: sal rectis scissuris, id. 31, 7, 39, § 79; Pall. Mai, 12; Vulg. Matt. 9, 16.—

II Trop.: domestica turbat rem populi, Prud. Psych. 756: audio scissuras esse inter vos, Vulg. 1 Cor. 11, 18.

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