lacerō āvī, ātus, āre lacer, to tear to pieces, mangle, rend, mutilate, lacerate: Quin laceres quemquam nacta sis, T.: lacertum Largi: membra aliena, Iu.: tergum virgis, L.: Quid miserum laceras? V.: ferro, H.: Lacerari morsibus saevis canum, Ph.

—To break up, wreck, shatter: navem Ulixis, O.: navīs, L.

—To waste, plunder: orbem, Iu.

—Fig., to wound, hurt, distress, torture, pain, afflict: intolerabili dolore lacerari: fame, O.: meus me maeror lacerat.

—To ruin, destroy, dissipate, squander, waste: patriam scelere: pecuniam: bona patria manu, ventre, S.

—To censure, tear to pieces, slander, asperse, abuse, rail at: invidia, quae solet lacerare plerosque: laceratus probris tribunus, L.: me vosque male dictis, S.