con-scindo, ĭdi, issum, 3, v. a., to tear or rend to pieces (very rare).
I Lit: pallulam, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 32: vestem, Ter. Eun. 820: epistulam, Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 4: ipsam capillo for illius capillum, Ter. Eun. 646 Ruhnk.—
II Trop.: quā dominus, quā advocati sibilis conscissi, hissed at , Cic. Att. 2, 19, 3; cf.: is me ab optimatibus ait conscindi, am pulled to pieces , i. e. abused, calumniated , id. ib. 8, 16, 1.