per-sĕco, cui, ctum, 1, v. a.,
to cut up , exlirpate; to cut out , excise; trop.: vitium, Liv. 40, 19 fin. : rei publicae vomicas, Auct. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 15: rerum naturas, to dissect , lay bare the secrets of nature , Cic. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 39, 122. (For perseca, Cic. Att. 13, 23 fin. , read persece; v. persequor, I. fin. ）