verb transitive

contrŭcīdo

2nd PP con-trŭcīdāre · 3rd PP con-trŭcīdāvi · 4th PP con-trŭcīdātum · conj. 1st

to hew; cut to pieces, to cut down, to put to the sword, slay

to hew or cut to pieces, to cut down, to put to the sword, slay (rare, but in good prose).

debilitato corpore et contrucidato se abjecit exanimatus (cf., shortly after,… literal ••

Prop.: debilitato corpore et contrucidato se abjecit exanimatus (cf., shortly after, concisum vulneribus), Cic. Sest. 37, 79; so, plebem immisso milite, Sen. Ira, 1, 2, 3: universos, Suet. Calig. 28; cf. id. ib. 48; id. Ner. 43 al.: taurorum opima corpora, Sen. Ep. 115, 5: bestias ad munus populi comparatas, Suet. Caes. 75.—*

hi summi imperii nomine armati rem publicam contrucidaverunt, cut in pieces,… figuratively •

Trop.: hi summi imperii nomine armati rem publicam contrucidaverunt, cut in pieces, Cic. Sest. 10, 24 (v. the figure in connection).

Perseus ID: n10914 Key: contrucido