What is the Latin word for cut through?

The usual Latin words for “cut through” are secō, intersecō, dissecō; also persecō, concidō, praecīdō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“cut through” in Latin

secōto cut, cut off; to cleave, divide; to operate, amputate, perform surgery intersecōto cut apart, separate, divide; to intersect dissecōto cut into pieces; to dissect, dismember persecōto dissect, cut up, excise concidōto fall down or together, tumble to the ground, collapse, break down, drop; to fall down lifeless in combat, to be slaug praecīdōto cut off in front or through; shorten; sever, separate; to beat to pieces, batter, smash; to cut off or across, avoid,cōnsecōto cut up, cut to pieces; to lop or cut off, prune scindōto cut, tear; to rend or break asunder; carve; split, divide or separate by force; to tear off one's travelling cloak; u discindōto cut, tear or divide in two decussōto divide crosswise; to decussate

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

cut through

secare: intersecare: dissecare (to cut asunder, into pieces, and thus mutilate): persecare (to cut through entirely): concidere: praecidere (to separate, cut, or hew into pieces, praecidere, in front): consecare (to cut through and into small pieces): scindere, discindere (to cut or cleave through forcibly): decussare (to cut through cross-wise; e.g., a line): to cut through in the middle, medium secare: to cut through with an axe, ictu findere: to cut through with a knife, a sword, etc., ferro dividere: to cut one’s way through the enemy, viam ferro facere or patefacere (inter, etc.; Vid: Tac., Ann., 1, 32, 2); iter ferro aperire or patefacere (Vid: Sall., Cat., 58, 7, Herz.); erumpere ad aliquem (to anybody); per medios or per mediam hostium aciem perrumpere (through the midst or the thickest of the enemy): to cut through the snow, nivem secare (Liv. 21, 36). To CUT UP,

To carve or cut into small pieces, consecare; persecare; concidere; dissecare. [SYN. in To CUT THROUGH]: to cut up [a dead body], secare: incidere corpus mortui ejusque viscera et intestina scrutari (Cels., praef., p. 16; Bip., p. 7, ed. Kraus.); rescindere artus cadaveris (Sen., Controv., 5, 34); insecare aperireque humana corpora (of an anatomist, Gell., 10, 10). to cut up by the roots, alicujus rei radices evellere et extrahere penitus; omnes alicujus rei stirpes ejicere: radicitus vellere, evellere, extrahere, avellere et extrahere.

FIG. Satirize, acerbis facetiis irridere; destringere: perstringere: carpere (vocibus or sinistris sermonibus): vexare: peragere.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for cut through?: The usual Latin words for “cut through” are secō, intersecō, dissecō; also persecō, concidō, praecīdō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.