in-spīco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
to cleave , split (i. q. incīdere): faces (i. e. ligna in usum facium ita incidere, ut multis incisuris dividantur), Verg. G. 1, 292 (cf.: novas incidere faces, id. E. 8, 29).
īnspīcō —, —, ere spica, to cut in the form of an ear of corn, sharpen : ferro faces, V. ...
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