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Latin
Etymology
From prō- + scindō.
Pronunciation
Verb
prōscindō (present infinitive prōscindere, perfect active prōscidī, supine prōscissum); third conjugation
- to tear open in front, rend, split, cleave, cut up
- (agriculture, of the first ploughing) to plough or break up the land
- to cut through, cleave, furrow
- (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.