per-scindo, scĭdi, scissum, 3, v. a.,
to rend asunder or in pieces : nubem, Lucr. 6, 138; 180: vestem, Tib. 1, 10, 63: omnia perscindente vento, Liv. 21, 58, 57; Lucr. 6, 111.— Pass. , Lucr. 4, 599.
per-scindō —, —, ere, to rend asunder, tear in pieces: omnia perscindente vento, L. ...
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