proscindo

Latin

Etymology

From prō- +‎ scindō.

Pronunciation

Verb

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

References

  • 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.