deseco

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

dē-secō cuī, ctus, āre,

to cut off, cut away: aurīs, Cs.: cervice desectā, L.: particulam undique, H.: hordeum, Cs.: desecta cum stramento seges, L.: Desectum gramen, O.—Fig., to prune off, reject: illud (prooemium).

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