sectura

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

sectūra, ae, f. [seco], a cutting (very rare).

I Lit.: scutum a secturā, Varr. L. L. 5, § 115 Müll.: callaides secturā formantur, alias fragiles, Plin. 37, 8, 33, § 111.—

II Transf.

A A cut : ut sectura inferior ponatur semper, Plin. 17, 17, 28, § 124.—

B The place where any thing is cut or dug , diggings , mines : aerariae secturaeque, Caes. B. G. 3, 21, 3 (al. structurae).

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