verb transitive

ex-carnĭfĭco

2nd PP ex-carnĭfĭcāre · 3rd PP ex-carnĭfĭcātum · conj. 1st

to cut; tear any one to pieces

perf., ātum, 1, v. a., to cut or tear any one to pieces (a rare word).

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Lit.: aliquem, Cic. N. D. 3, 33 fin.; Suet. Vit. 17; Sen. Ep. 24.—

to torment; torture figuratively •

Trop., to torment, torture: aliquem, Ter. Heaut. 4, 6, 9: excarnificatus animus, Sen. de Ira, 3, 4: comitem, Amm. 14, 5, 1; 14, 9, 6.

Perseus ID: n16639 Key: excarnifico