sectilis

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

sectĭlĭs, e, adj. [seco].

I Cut , cleft , divided , etc. (not ante-Aug.): ebur, Ov. Med. Fac. 10: lamnae, Plin. 16, 43, 83, § 226: pavimenta, made of small cut stones , mosaic , Vitr. 7, 1; Suet. Caes. 46 fin.

II That may be cut : porrum, cut-leek , chives , Juv. 3, 293; Mart. 10, 48, 9; Pall. Febr. 24, 11 (cf. sectivus): lapides, Plin. 36, 22, 44, § 159: medulla, id. 16, 39, 76, § 195: tuber, id. 16, 43, 84, § 231.

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