ancisus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

* ancīsus, (amc-), a, um [qs. part. of ancido],

I cut around or away : omnia ancisa recenti Volnere, every part cut with fresh wounds , Lucr. 3, 660.

II ancīsus , ūs, a false read. for ambecisus, Varr. L. L. 7, § 43 Müll.; v. ambecisus.