• CLEAVE

1. Intr., haerere in aliqua re; adhaerere alicui rei: inhaerere alicui rei or in aliqua re, e.g., lingua adhaeret or inhaeret: adhaerescere alicui rei or ad aliquid: inhaerescere in aliqua re. FIG., to cleave to a habit, *institutum suum mor dicus tenere: to words, *in verborum quasi cortice haerere: to cleave to a person continually, quasi umbra aliquem ec quitur aliquis; se agglutinare (Plaut., Menaechmei, 2, 2, 63): manere (to remain fast) haeret ei peccatum (he cleaves to his fault) se dare, se dedere, se tradere alicui or alicui rei: se addicere alicui (to cleave to a person or thing from inclination): morem gerere, obsequi alicui (cleave to a person): indulgere alicui rei (cleave to anything): studere alicui rei (stronger term): se conferre ad studium alicujus rei: dedere ae studio alicujus rei: totum se tradere alicui (stronger term for to cleave to anybody), also totum alicujus esse: alicujus esse proprium (Cic., ad Div., 7, 30, 2): multum esse in re (stronger term for to cleave to anything; e.g., in venationibus). Vid: CLING.

2. Tr., findere (general term): diffindere (asunder): caedere (with an axe; e.g., lignum): cleft, fissus (general term, as Suet., Caes., 61, ungula): bisulcus (in two parts = cloven, ungula: pes: lingua): to cleave a rock, saxum diffindere: discutere (to strike asunder; e.g., murum): secare (cut; PROP. and IMPROP.): persecare: intersecare (PROP.): scindere (PROP. and IMPROP.): to clean, in the middle, medium secare: ictu findere (with a blow): dissecare. Cloven footed animals, bisulca. plur. A horse with hoofs cloven like fingers, equus in modum digitorum fissis ungulis (Suet.).