dilanio
dilanio, to tear to pieces, mutilate
dī-lănĭo, āvi, ātum, 1,
- v. a., to tear to pieces, to dilacerate (rare but class.): (Clodii cadaver) canibus dilaniandum reliquisti, Cic. Mil. 13; cf. id. poët. Tusc. 2, 10, 24; Ov. M. 6, 645; 10, 387; Tac. A. 11, 22; 36; Vulg. Luc. 2, 39 al.—Trop.: animam (c. c. dispergere), Lucr. 3, 538.—In a Gr. construction: dilaniata comas, Ov. Am. 3, 9, 52.
dī-lanio, āvī, ātum, āre (dis u. lanio), zerfleischen, zerreißen, zerfetzen, cadaver alcis, v. Hunden, Cic.: alqm tormentis, Tac.: dilaniatā veste, zerfetzt, Tac. – übtr., anima dilaniata (in Teile aufgelöst) foras dispergitur, Lucr. 3, 537: inter muliercularum radios et textrina dilanior, werde ich zur Bank gehauen (durchgehechelt), Hieron. epist. 57, 13.
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See: dilaniare
dīlănĭō, (13) āvī, ātum, āre (dis, lanio), tr., déchirer, mettre en pièces : cadaver canibus dilaniandum reliquisti Cic. Mil. 33, tu as laissé le cadavre en pâture aux chiens ; cf. Lucr. 3, 537.
dī-laniō āvī, ātus, āre,
- to tear to pieces, mutilate: (cadaver) canibus dilaniandum: alqm tormentis, Ta.: membra, O.