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dēsĕcātĭo, ōnis, f., a cutting off: ramorum, Cassiod. in Psa. 130: unus ensis, sed duas desecationes habet, edges, id. ib. 149, 7. From

dē-sĕco, cŭi, ctum, 1,

  1. I. v. a., to cut off, cut away (class.): vitem, Varr. R. R. 1, 41, 3: partes ex toto, Cic. Univ. 7: uvas a vite, Col. 12, 43, 1: segetes et prata, id. 11, 1, 8: spicas fascibus, Liv. 42, 64: particulam undique, * Hor. Od. 1, 16, 15; and poet.: saxa metallis, to carve out, Stat. S. 2, 2, 85: hordeum, pabulum, herbas, Caes. B. C. 3, 58, 5; cf. segetem, Liv. 2, 5: aures, Caes. B. G. 7, 4 fin.; cf. cervicem, Liv. 31, 34: spicas fascibus, id. 31, 34: collum, *Verg. A. 8, 438.
  2. II. Transf.: tu illud (prooemium) desecabis, hos agglutinabis, Cic. Att. 16, 6 fin.

dēsē̆cro, āre, v. desacro.

dēsectĭo, ōnis, f. [deseco], a cutting off: stramentorum, Col. 6, 3, 1.