con-sĕco, cŭi, ctum, 1, v. a. (rare; not in Cic.).
I To cut up, cut to pieces : brassicam, Cato R. R. 157: nasturtium minutatim, Varr. R. R. 3, 10, 6: rapa, id. ib. 1, 59, 4: membra fratris (Medea), Ov. Tr. 3, 9, 34: genas, to lacerate , Petr. 137, 4.—
II In Pliny, to cut off, lop, prune : surculos, Plin. 12, 19, 43, § 96: truncum arboris, id. 17, 10, 9, § 58; 36, 26, 66, § 193.