succidia

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

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.

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