verb transitive

sub-sĕco

2nd PP sub-sĕcāre · 3rd PP sub-secui · 4th PP sub-sectum · conj. 1st

to cut under; cut away below; to clip; pare ••

to cut under, cut away below; to clip, pare (rare; not in Cic.): stramentum et manipulum falce, Varr. R. R. 1, 50, 1: herbam. id. ib. 1, 49, 1: legumina, id. ib. 1, 23, 3: radices, Col. 2, 9, 10: partes, unde creatus erat (Saturnus), Ov. Ib. 276: ungues ferro, id. F. 6, 230: papavereas ungue comas, id. ib. 4, 438; Cels. 7, 33.

Perseus ID: n46033 Key: subseco