mangle (v.) Copy link Outline I. To lacerate1. lănio, 1 to yield one's flesh to be m.d, viscera (sua) lanianda praebere, Liv. 1, 92. lăcĕro, 1 (usu. denoting a less violent action than lanio). in this sense, chiefly poet.II. To press linen • mangle (v.): I. To lacerate: 1. lănio, 1 to yield one's flesh to be m.d, viscera (sua) lanianda praebere, Liv. 1, 9: freq. of tearing by wild beasts, Cic. Fam. 7, 1, med.: to m. frightfully, foede l., Tac. H. 1, 41, extr. Strengthened, dīlanio, 1: v. TO TEAR IN PIECES. 2. lăcĕro, 1 (usu. denoting a less violent action than lanio). in this sense, chiefly poet.: Ov.: Phaedr.: v. to lacerate. Also dīlacero, 1 (strengthened from simple verb): Cat.: Ov. II. To press linen: *lintea prelo premere.
MANGLE Copy link • MANGLE 1. s. *tormentum, or prelum, ad lintea leviganda aptum. 2. v. To press linen, *lintea tormento, quod phalangis subjectis movetur, premere. To lacerate, laniare, dilaniare aliquid; lacerare, dilacerare aliquid.