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proscindo

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Latin

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Etymology

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From prō- +‎ scindō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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prōscindō (present infinitive prōscindere, perfect active prōscidī, supine prōscissum); third conjugation

  1. to tear open in front, rend, split, cleave, cut up
  2. (agriculture, of the first ploughing) to plough or break up the land
  3. to cut through, cleave, furrow
  4. (figurative) to censure, castigate, revile, defame, satirize

Conjugation

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References

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  • proscindo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • proscindo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • proscindo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.