lacerate Copy link Outline 1. lăcĕro, 12. lănio, 1 (to tear in pieces, mangle3. sĕco, ui, ctum, 1 (poet.) • lacerate: 1. lăcĕro, 1: to l. any one's back with the scourge, l. verbere terga, Ov. F. 2, 696: so, Liv. 3, 58, ad fin., scissa veste tergum laceratum virgis ostendit: Lucr.: Hor. Fig.: my sorrow l.s and overcomes me, meus me moeror l. et conficit, Cic. Att. 3, 4, 1. 2. lănio, 1 (to tear in pieces, mangle: stronger than preced.): Cic.: Liv.: v. to mangle, tear. 3. sĕco, ui, ctum, 1 (poet.): prickly brambles l. the body, hirsuti s. corpora vepres, Virg. G. 3, 444: l.d by the scourge, sectus flagellis, Hor. Epod. 4, 11: Ov.: Mart. See also foll. art.