Appearance

Theme

Reading text

Font
Size
100%
Spacing

Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

Issues / Feedback

This report will be visible to the general public on our GitHub issue tracker. Please do not submit private or sensitive information.
Only needed if you want updates or clarification on GitHub.

Dictionary settings

Enabled Dictionaries
Search Scope

Match conjugated verbs and declined nouns/adjectives.

Highlight Strength 50%
Contents (18 senses)
S&H Smith & Hall (1)
Source
Source & Attribution
Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
cut (v.) Copy link
Outline
• cut (v.):
    1. I. With an edged instrument (in gen. sense):
      1. 1. caedo, cĕcidi, caesum, 3 (to hew, cut down, as timber; also to scourge, to kill: q. v.): to c. or hew out wine (frozen) with axes, vina securibus c., Virg.: v. to hew.
      2. 2. sĕco, ui, ctum, 1; fut. part. secaturus (the best representative of the Eng. word; to cut or carve with a knife: thus marmora caedere is to hew marble; marmora secare, to carve it): to c. carcasses up into slices, tergora in frusta s., Virg. (v. to carve): to c. a whetstone with a razor, cotem novacula s., Flor. Esp. of cutting for surgical purposes: Cic.: v. to amputate, operate.
      3. 3. scindo, scĭdi, scissum, 3 (to rend: also to divide: q. v.): to c. up or carve birds, aves in frusta s., Sen.: v. to cleave, tear. Phr.: to c. one's long hair, comas longas recidere, capillos (or capillum) secare, Sen.: not to c. one's hair, capillum promittere, capillo promisso esse, Caes.: to c. one's nails, ungues recidere, Plin.; praecidere, Hor.: to c. the teeth (said of infants), dentire, Plin.: to c. wood, lignari (for fires), materiari (for timber), Caes.: to c. anybody's throat, jugulum perfodere, Tac. (v. throat): to c. the sinews of the commonwealth, reipublicae nervos exsecare, Cic.
    2. II. To cut in two, divide:
      1. 1. sĕco, 1 (esp. fig.): to c. the air with wings (as a bird), aëra pennis s., Ov.: Virg.: v. to divide, cleave.
      2. 2. scindo, 3: v. to cleave.
      3. 3. incīdo, di, sum, 3 (v. cut into): to c. a cable, funem in., Virg.: to c. a thread, linum in., Cic.
      4. 4. intercīdo, di, sum, 3 (v. cut asunder): to c. a bridge in two, pontem int., Caes. Plin. Phr.: to c. water-pipes, cut off the supply of water, fistulas praecidere, Cic.: v. to cut off.
    3. III. In husbandry; to mow or reap:
      1. 1. succīdo, 3: to c. corn, frumenta s., Caes.: Liv.: Virg.
      2. 2. mĕto, dēmĕto, messui, messum, 3: v. to reap, mow.
      3. 3. sĕco, 1: to c. green meat for cattle, pubentes herbas s., Virg.: to c. fodder, pabulum s., Caes. (Not used of cutting crops of corn).
      4. 4. dēsĕco, 1: of crops, Liv.
      5. 5. caedo, 3: to c. a crop of hay, foenum c., Col.
      6. 6. dēsĕco, 1: v. cut down.
    4. IV. Colloq.: to cut capers, motus incompositos dare, Virg. G. 1, 350: to c. a figure (in good sense), ēmĭneo, 2: v. distinguished (be): to c. a fine, a poor figure, *pulchras, turpes partes habere, sustinere: v. figure.
    5. V. To refuse to recognise: Phr.: to c. a friend when he is in trouble, afflictum aversari amicum, Ov. Pont. 2, 3, 5; amicum abjicere, ib. 37 (but the expr. are less colloquial than the Eng.): see also to ignore, avoid.