dismember Copy link Outline 1. discerpo, psi, ptum, 32. trunco, 1 (by cutting off a limb or limbs)3. membratim dīvĭdo, vīsi, vīsum, 3 • dismember: 1. discerpo, psi, ptum, 3: Cic.: Liv.: v. TO TEAR (IN PIECES). 2. trunco, 1 (by cutting off a limb or limbs): v. to mutilate. 3. membratim dīvĭdo, vīsi, vīsum, 3: Plin.: v. to disjoint.
DISMEMBER Copy link • DISMEMBERsecare; dissecare (general terms for cutting up); membra articulatim dividere (Attius? ap. Cic.); membratim caedere (to cut member by member; Plin. 9, 15, 18): truncare (maim by hewing off, etc.; e.g. cadavera; poetical and post-Augustan).