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conscindo

conscindo, to tear, rend to pieces

con-scindo, ĭdi, issum, 3, v. a., to tear or rend to pieces (very rare).
  • I Lit: pallulam, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 32 (53): vestem, Ter. Eun. 820: epistulam, Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 4: ipsam capillo for illius capillum, Ter. Eun. 646 Ruhnk.—
  • II Trop.: quā dominus, quā advocati sibilis conscissi, hissed at, Cic. Att. 2, 19, 3; cf.: is me ab optimatibus ait conscindi, am pulled to pieces, i.e. abused, calumniated, id. ib. 8, 16, 1.

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