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discerpō psī, ptus, ere

dis- + carpo, to tear in pieces, rend, mangle, mutilate : animus nec dividi nec discerpi potest: discerptum regem manibus, L.: membra gruis, H.—Poet.: aurae Omnia discerpunt, scatter , V. — Fig.: divolso et quasi discerpta contrectare, treat in fragments : alqm dictis, Ct.

Lewis, Charlton, T. An Elementary Latin Dictionary. New York, Cincinnati, and Chicago. American Book Company. 1890.

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