Lewis & Short

caesīm, adv. [caedo], by cutting, with cuts.

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. Of the cutting of plants by striking: major pars operis in vineā ductim potius quam caesim facienda est … qui caesim vitem petit, etc., Col. 4, 25, 2 and 3.
    2. B. T. t. of milit. lang., with the edge (opp. punctim, with the point): punctim magis quam caesim petere hostem, Liv. 22, 46, 5; cf. Veg. Mil. 1, 12; Liv. 7, 10, 9: gladio caesim percutere aliquem, Suet. Calig. 58.
  2. II. Trop., of discourse, in short clauses: membratim adhuc, deinde caesim diximus, Cic. Or. 67, 225 (cf. the same, and § 223, incisim aut membratim); Quint. 9, 4, 126; cf. id. 11, 3, 102 Spald. N. cr