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verb transitive

per-sĕco

2nd PP per-sĕcāre · 3rd PP per-secui · 4th PP per-sectum · conj. 1st
to cut up; exlirpate; to cut out; excise; •
to cut up, exlirpate; to cut out, excise; trop.: vitium, Liv. 40, 19 fin.: rei publicae vomicas, Auct. ap. Quint. 8, 6, 15: rerum naturas, to dissect, lay bare the secrets of nature, Cic. Ac. 2, 39, 122. (For perseca, Cic. Att. 13, 23 fin., read persece; v. persequor, I. fin.)
Perseus ID: n35470 Key: perseco