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“dilacerate” in Latin
lacerōto rend, tear to pieces; to mutilate, lacerate; to mangledīlacerōto tear apart, or to pieceslaniōto rend, tear to piecesdīlaniōto shred; to rend asunderscindōto cut, tear; to rend or break asunder; carve; split, divide or separate by force; to tear off one's travelling cloak; ucōnscindōto tear or rend to piecesconcerpōto tear to pieces; to pluck off; to abuse, revile, censurediscerpōto pluck or tear to pieces; to rend, mutilate or mangledissipōto scatter, disperse, spread abroad; to dissipate or squander; to demolish, overthrow, destroy, ruindiscindōto cut, tear or divide in two
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
dilacerate
lacerare: dilacerare: laniare: dilaniare (lacerare = to tear by main force; e.g., by hands, teeth, claws; laniare = to cut or hack to pieces by a sharp instrument, under which teeth and talons, however, may be included; Döderlein: dilacerare, rather poetical and post-classical): scindere: conscindere: descindere (general term for separating into parts in a violent manner): concerpere: discerpere (pluck or tear to pieces, bit by bit).
FIG., lacerare: dissipare: dilacerare (dilacerare, Vid: above; for respublica dilacerata [Sall., Jug., 41, 5] Livy has respublica dissipata [2, 28]): discindere: divellere: Vid: TEAR (TO PIECES).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for dilacerate?
- The usual Latin words for “dilacerate” are lacerō, dīlacerō, laniō; also dīlaniō, scindō, cōnscindō. 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.