secō cuī, ctus, āre 2 SAC-, to cut, cut off, cut up, reap, carve: omne animal secari ac dividi potest: pabulum secari non posse, Cs.: sectae herbae, H.: Quo gestu gallina secetur, is carved, Iu.: secto elephanto, i. e. carved ivory, V.: prave sectus unguis, H.

—Esp., in surgery, to cut, operate on, cut off, cut out, amputate, excise: in corpore alqd: varices Mario: Marius cum secaretur, was operated on.

—To scratch, tear, wound, hurt, injure: luctantis acuto ne secer ungui, lest I should be torn, H.: sectas invenit ungue genas, O.: secuerunt corpora vepres, V.

—To cut apart, divide, cleave, separate: curru medium agmen, V.: caelum secant zonae, O.: sectus orbis, i. e. half the earth, H.

—To cut through, run through, pass through, traverse: per maria umida nando Libycum, cleave, V.: aequor Puppe, O.: adeunt vada nota secantes, O.

—To cut, make by cutting: fugā secuit sub nubibus arcum, i. e. produce by flight, V.: viam ad navīs, i. e. speeds on his way, V.

—Fig., to divide: causas in plura genera.

—To cut short, decide, settle: Quo multae secantur iudice lites, H.

—To follow, pursue: quam quisque secat spem, V.