rend Copy link Outline 1. rumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3 (to burst, force open)2. abrumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3 (mostly poet.3. disrumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3 (to break to pieces, or asunder)4. scindo, scĭdi, scissum, 35. findo, fĭdi, fissum, 3 • rend: 1. rumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3 (to burst, force open): to r. one's garments, r. vestes, Ov. M. 6, 131: to r. the mountain, r. montem, Juv. 10, 153: (they say that) the inflated vesicles are rent, inflatas rumpi vesiculas, Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33: the force of the wind cannot r. the clouds, non quit vis venti r. nubem, Lucr. 6, 432: to r. asunder the ties of brotherhood, fraternum r. foedus, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 35. 2. abrumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3 (mostly poet.: once in Cic. fig.): lightning from the rent clouds, abruptis nubibus ignes, Virg. Aen. 3, 199: to r. open the veins, venas a., Tac. A. 16, 9. 3. disrumpo, rūpi, ruptum, 3 (to break to pieces, or asunder): to part and r. a cloud, dividere et d. nubem, Cic. Div. 2, 19, 44: the bonds of human society must be rent asunder, disrumpi necesse est humani generis societatem, id. Off. 3, 5, 21. 4. scindo, scĭdi, scissum, 3: v. tear. 5. findo, fĭdi, fissum, 3: v. cleave, split.