rĕ-cīdo
rĕ-cīdo, di, sum, 3, v. a. caedo, to cut away, cut down, cut off (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose). Lit.: vepres, Cato, R. R. 2, 4; cf.: malleolos ad imum articulum, Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 160: sceptrum imo de stirpe, Verg. A. 12, 208; for which: laurum imā stirpe, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 76 (cf. II.): ceras inanes, empty cells, Verg. G. 4, 241: hirsutam barbam falce, Ov. M. 13, 766: caput, id. ib. 9, 71: immedicabile vulnus Ense recidendum est, id. ib. 1, 191: pollicem alicui, Quint. 8, 5, 12: comas, Mart. 1, 32, 4; cf. capillos, Plin. Ep. 7, 27 fin.: ungues, Plin. 10, 35, 52, § 106: columnas, to hew out, Hor. C. 2, 18, 4: fustes, id. ib. 3, 6, 40: ancile ab omni parte recisum, Ov. F. 3, 377: mella, i. e. to take out, Pall. Jun. 7, 2.— Of persons: cuncti simul ense recisi, cut down, Luc. 2, 194.— Poet.: fulgorem sideribus, to rob the stars of their brightness, Stat. Th. 12, 310: gramina morsu, to devour, Calp. Ecl. 2, 45.— Trop. (borrowed from agriculture), to lop off, cut short, retrench, abridge, diminish: perquam multa recidam ex orationibus Ciceronis, Quint. 12, 10, 52; cf. id. 12, 10, 55: inanem loquacitatem, id. 10, 5, 22: ambitiosa ornamenta, Hor. A. P. 447: omne quod ultra Perfectum traheretur, id. S. 1, 10, 69: nationes partim recisas, partim repressas, * Cic. Prov. Cons. 12, 31: mercedes scaenicorum, Suet. Tib. 34 init.: armaturas mirmillonum, to lessen, id. Calig. 55: ornandi potestatem, Quint. 2, 16, 4: facultatem aliter acquirendi, id. 12, 7, 10: impedimenta, to diminish, obviate, Front. Strat. 4, 1, 7; cf. occupationes, Sen. Q. N. 3 praef.: culpam supplicio, Hor. C. 3, 24, 34; cf.: cum magnis parva mineris Falce recisurum simili te, id. S. 1, 3, 123: vitia a stirpe, Claud. ap. Ruf. 1, 56; and: aliquid priscum ad morem, i. e. to reduce within the limits of ancient manners, Tac. A. 3, 53.—Hence, rĕcīsus, a, um, P.a., shortened, abridged; short, brief: opus, Vell. 2, 89, 1: ea recisa in unum librum coartasse, Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 8.—Comp.: tempus recisius (opp. longius), Dig. 47, 21, 2.— Sup. and adv. do not occur.
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rĕ-cīdo, di, sum, 3, v. a. caedo, to cut away, cut down, cut off (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose). Lit.: vepres, Cato, R. R. 2, 4; cf.: malleolos ad imum articulum, Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 160: sceptrum imo de stirpe, Verg. A. 12, 208; for which: laurum imā stirpe, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 76 (cf. II.): ceras inanes, empty cells, Verg. G. 4, 241: hirsutam barbam falce, Ov. M. 13, 766: caput, id. ib. 9, 71: immedicabile vulnus Ense recidendum est, id. ib. 1, 191: pollicem alicui, Quint. 8, 5, 12: comas, Mart. 1, 32, 4; cf. capillos, Plin. Ep. 7, 27 fin.: ungues, Plin. 10, 35, 52, § 106: columnas, to hew out, Hor. C. 2, 18, 4: fustes, id. ib. 3, 6, 40: ancile ab omni parte recisum, Ov. F. 3, 377: mella, i. e. to take out, Pall. Jun. 7, 2.— Of persons: cuncti simul ense recisi, cut down, Luc. 2, 194.— Poet.: fulgorem sideribus, to rob the stars of their brightness, Stat. Th. 12, 310: gramina morsu, to devour, Calp. Ecl. 2, 45.— Trop. (borrowed from agriculture), to lop off, cut short, retrench, abridge, diminish: perquam multa recidam ex orationibus Ciceronis, Quint. 12, 10, 52; cf. id. 12, 10, 55: inanem loquacitatem, id. 10, 5, 22: ambitiosa ornamenta, Hor. A. P. 447: omne quod ultra Perfectum traheretur, id. S. 1, 10, 69: nationes partim recisas, partim repressas, * Cic. Prov. Cons. 12, 31: mercedes scaenicorum, Suet. Tib. 34 init.: armaturas mirmillonum, to lessen, id. Calig. 55: ornandi potestatem, Quint. 2, 16, 4: facultatem aliter acquirendi, id. 12, 7, 10: impedimenta, to diminish, obviate, Front. Strat. 4, 1, 7; cf. occupationes, Sen. Q. N. 3 praef.: culpam supplicio, Hor. C. 3, 24, 34; cf.: cum magnis parva mineris Falce recisurum simili te, id. S. 1, 3, 123: vitia a stirpe, Claud. ap. Ruf. 1, 56; and: aliquid priscum ad morem, i. e. to reduce within the limits of ancient manners, Tac. A. 3, 53.—Hence, rĕcīsus, a, um, P.a., shortened, abridged; short, brief: opus, Vell. 2, 89, 1: ea recisa in unum librum coartasse, Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 8.—Comp.: tempus recisius (opp. longius), Dig. 47, 21, 2.— Sup. and adv. do not occur.
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