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depecto

depecto, to comb off, comb down, comb

dē-pecto, no perf., xum, ĕre, v. a.,
  • to comb off, comb down, to comb (very rare): crines buxo, Ov. F. 6, 229; cf. jubas, id. A. A. 1, 630: Liber depexus crinibus, id. F. 3, 465: ars depectendi digerendique lini, Plin. 19, 1, 3, § 18: vellera foliis, Verg. G. 2, 121; cf. Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 58; 6, 17, 20, § 54.— Jocosely, i. q. to curry one's hide, i.e. give him a beating, Ter. Heaut. 951; cf.: fusti pectito, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 116 (896).

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