hew Copy link Outline 1. dŏlo, 1 (to chip wood with an axe., for the purpose of shaping)2. caedo, cĕcīdi, caesum, 3 (to cut or fell marble or timber; leaving it in the rough)3. sĕco, 1 (to cut into shape) • hew: 1. dŏlo, 1 (to chip wood with an axe., for the purpose of shaping): to h. timber, materiem d., Cato R. R. 31: to fell, h., inscribe wood, robur caedere, d., inscribere, Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86. Comps. dedolo, to h. off, Col. 4, 26, init.; also to h. in pieces, assulatim ded., Pl. Men. 5, 2, 106: edolo, to h. out, Col. 8, 11, ad init. 2. caedo, cĕcīdi, caesum, 3 (to cut or fell marble or timber; leaving it in the rough): to h. and convey stone, lapidem c. et apportare, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 56, 147: Plin.: v. to fell (cf. supr.). Simly., comps. excīdo, to h. out (e. g. rupibus columnas, Virg. Aen. 1, 428); recido (in same sense), Hor. Od. 2, 18, 4. 3. sĕco, 1 (to cut into shape): to contract for the h.ing (carving) of marbles, marmora secanda locare, Hor. Od. 2, 18, 17: v. to cut. See also to carve.