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sectura

sectura, a cutting, excavation, mine

sectūra, ae, f. [seco], a cutting (very rare).
  • I Lit.: scutum a secturā, Varr. L. L. 5, § 115 Müll.: callaides secturā formantur, alias fragiles, Plin. 37, 8, 33, § 111.—
  • II Transf.
    • A A cut: ut sectura inferior ponatur semper, Plin. 17, 17, 28, § 124.—
    • B The place where any thing is cut or dug, diggings, mines: aerariae secturaeque, Caes. B. G. 3, 21, 3 (al. structurae).

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