laniatus

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

lănĭātus, ūs, m. [1. lanio], a tearing in pieces, a mangling, lacerating.

I Lit. (rare but class.): ferarum, * Cic. Tusc. 1, 43, 104: avium, Amm. 24, 2, 8.—In plur.: avium ferarumque laniatibus objectus, Val. Max. 1, 6, 11: quid efferatius quam quod membra et artus debitoris brevissimo laniatu distrahantur, Gell. 20, 1, 19.—

II Trop., anguish, remorse : si recludantur tyrannorum mentes, posse adspici laniatus, Tac. A. 6, 6.

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