exscindo

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Latin

Etymology

From ex- +‎ scindō.

Pronunciation

Verb

exscindō (present infinitive exscindere, perfect active exscidī, supine exscissum); third conjugation

  1. to demolish, destroy
    Synonyms: ruīnō, ēvāstō, dēvāstō, dēstruō, aboleō, dīruō, perdō, sepeliō, occīdō, tollō, vāstō, populor, absūmō, impellō, interimō, accīdō, perimō, trucīdō
    Antonyms: ēmendō, reficiō, reparō, corrigō, medeor

Conjugation

Descendants

  • English: exscind (learned)

References

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