ab-scindō scidī, scissus, ere, to tear off, break away, break off: tunicam a pectore, tore down: umeris abscindere vestem, V.: abscissa comas, tearing her hair, V.

—Esp., to divide, part, separate (poet.): pontus Hesperium Siculo latus abscidit, V.: Oceano dissociabili terras, H.: inane soldo, H.

—Fig., to cut off, hinder: reditūs dulcīs, H.