scindō (scidī, late), scissus, ere
2 SAC-, to cut, tear, rend, force apart, split, cleave, divide : dolore comam, Att. ap. C.: crinīs, V.: scissae capillos matres, O.: vestem, tear open , L.: coronam, H.: vitiato fistula plumbo Scinditur, bursts open , O.: vallum, tear up , Cs.: cuneis lignum, cleave , V.: ferro aequor (i. e. humum), V.: puppis aquas, O.— To part, separate, divide : scindit Sueviam continuum montium iugum, Ta.: Scinditur in geminas partīs amnis, O.: genus amborum scindit se sanguine ab uno, i. e. branches , V.: Scinditur studia in contraria volgus, V.: fletu verba, interrupt , O.