succīdĭa, ae, f. [2. succido].
I A leg or side of meat cut off , esp. of pork; a leg of pork , flitch of bacon , Varr. L.L. 5, § 110 Müll.; id. R. R. 2, 4, 3: jam hortum ipsi agricolae succidiam alteram appellant, their second flitch , Cic. Sen. 16, 56. — *
II Transf., a slaughtering : succidias humanas facere, Cato ap. Gell. 13, 24, 12.