verb transitive

dī-vexo

2nd PP dī-vexāre · conj. 1st

to pull; rend asunder; to destroy

to pull or rend asunder, to destroy (very rare).

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Lit.: neu reliquias sic meas sieris ... foede divexarier, Pac. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 106 (Trag. v. 201 Rib.): omnia divexare et diripere, Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 4: agros civium optimorum, id. ib. 13, 9 fin.: meam rem, Plaut. Pers. 5, 2, 4.—

to vex; trouble figuratively •

Trop., to vex, trouble: matrem, Suet. Ner. 34 (perhaps also clientelas, id. Calig. 3, v. Baumg.-Crus. in h. l.).

Perseus ID: n14554 Key: divexo