lăcĕro Copy link Outline I. Lit.B. Esp.1. To break up, to wreck, shatter2. To cut up, carve3. To waste, plunderII. Trop.A. To tear to pieces with words, to censure, asperse, abuse, rail at ...B. To distress, torture, pain, afflict ...C. To ruin, destroy, dissipate, squander, waste ... ⓘlăcĕrāte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg · pres imperat act 2nd pllăcĕrātē: adverbial • lăcĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [lacer], to tear to pieces, to mangle, rend, mutilate, lacerate (class., esp. in the trop. sense; syn.: lanio, discerpo). I. Lit.: quin spolies, mutiles, laceres quemquam nacta sis, Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 8: lacerat lacertum Largi mordax Memmius, Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 240: corpus uti volucres lacerent in morte feraeque, Lucr. 3, 880: membra aliena, Juv. 15, 102; cf.: lacerato corpore, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Trag. v. 95 Vahl.): morsu viscera, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 8: ora, comas, vestem lacerat, Ov. M. 11, 726: amictus, Sil. 13, 389: genas, Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 51: verbere terga, id. F. 2, 695: Tum autem Syrum impulsorem, vah, quibus illum lacerarem modis, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 17: tergum virgis, Liv. 3, 58; 26, 13: unguibus cavos recessus luminum, Sen. Oedip. 968: quid miserum laceras? Verg. A. 3, 41: ferro, Hor. C. 3, 27, 46: loricam, Verg. A. 12, 98: lacerari morsibus saevis canum, Phaedr. 1, 12, 11: ferae corpus lacerabant, Petr. 115 sq.: carnes dentibus, Vulg. Job, 13, 4; id. Gen. 40, 19.— B. Esp. 1. To break up, to wreck, shatter: navem Ulixis, Ov. P. 3, 6, 19: majorem partem classis, Vell. 2, 79, 3: naves, Liv. 29, 8: navigia, Curt. 4, 3, 18: lecticam, Suet. Aug. 91.— 2. To cut up, carve: obsonium, Petr. 36: anserem, id. 137; 74.— 3. To waste, plunder: cum Hannibal terram Italiam laceraret atque vexaret, Cato ap. Serv. Verg. E. 6, 7, 6: orbem, Juv. 4, 37.— II. Trop. A. To tear to pieces with words, to censure, asperse, abuse, rail at: obtrectatio invidiaque, quae solet lacerare plerosque, Cic. Brut. 42, 156: optimum virum verborum contumeliis, id. Phil. 11, 2: aliquem probris, Liv. 31, 6: Pompeium dempto metu lacerant, Sall. H. 3, 61, 21 Dietsch: meque vosque male dictis, id. J. 85, 26: famam alicujus, to slander, calumniate, id. 38, 54: alicujus carmina, Ov. P. 4, 16, 1: lacerari crebro vulgi rumore, Tac. A. 15, 73.— B. To distress, torture, pain, afflict: intolerabili dolore lacerari, Cic. Ac. 2, 8, 23: quam omni crudelitate lacerastis, id. Dom. 23, 59: quid laceras pectora nostra morā? Ov. H. 15, 212: meus me maeror cottidianus lacerat et conficit, Cic. Att. 3, 8, 2; cf.: aegritudo lacerat, exest animum planeque conficit, id. Tusc. 3, 13, 27.— C. To ruin, destroy, dissipate, squander, waste: male suadendo et lustris lacerant homines, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 22: patriam omni scelere, Cic. Off. 1, 17, 57: bonorum emptores, ut carnifices, ad reliquias vitae lacerandas et distrahendas, to scatter, disperse, Cic. Quint. 15, 50: pecuniam, to squander, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 70, § 164: lacerari valde suam rem, Plaut. Merc. 1, 1, 48; cf.: bona patria manu, ventre, to lavish, squander, Sall. C. 14, 2: diem, to waste, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 25; id. Stich. 3, 1, 45.
lăcĕrō Copy link Outline 1 mettre en morceaux, déchirer : || briser, fracasser [vaisseaux] : || couper, ...2 déchirer [en paroles], railler :3 déchirer, faire souffrir : || déchirer [la patrie, l'État] : || dissiper, ... ⓘlăcĕrāte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg · pres imperat act 2nd pllăcĕrātē: adverbial • lăcĕrō, āvī, ātum, āre (lacer), tr., 1. mettre en morceaux, déchirer : Cic. Tusc. 1, 106 ; Lucr. 3, 880 ; Virg. En. 12, 98 ; Ov. M. 11, 726 ; Liv. 3, 58 || briser, fracasser [vaisseaux] : Curt. 4, 3, 18 ; Liv. 29, 18, 5 || couper, découper : Petr. 36, 6 || dévaster : Juv. 4, 37 2. déchirer [en paroles], railler : Cic. Br. 156 ; Phil. 11, 5 ; Sall. J. 85, 26 ; Tac. Ann. 15, 73 3. déchirer, faire souffrir : Cic. Ac. 2, 23 ; Domo 59 ; Att. 3, 8, 2 || déchirer [la patrie, l'État] : Cic. Off. 1, 57 ; Liv. 2, 57, 3 || dissiper, mettre en pièces, gaspiller [patrimoine, argent, etc.] : Pl. Merc. 48 ; Sall. C. 14, 2 ; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 164.
lacero Copy link ⓘlăcĕrāte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg · pres imperat act 2nd pllăcĕrātē: adverbial LACERO âre. [δρύπτω, ἀμύσσω, καταμύσσω, καταξαίνω, σπαράττω] Dilaniare, saepius vulnerare, et quasi per membra discindere, comminuere. […] 🗁 Page Scan
LĀCĔRO Copy link ⓘlăcĕrāte: perf part pass masc/neut voc sg · pres imperat act 2nd pllăcĕrātē: adverbial LĀCĔRO ↗Open in new tab (lacero)
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.