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ē-viscĕro, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a. (poet. and in post-class. prose).
- 1. To deprive of the entrails, to disembowel.
- A. Lit., Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107 (Trag. v. 413 ed. Vahl.); Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 64 fin.
Hence,
- 2. In gen., to tear to pieces, lacerate: columbam (accipiter), Verg. A. 11, 723.
- B. Trop.: opes, i. e. to dissipate, squander, exhaust, Cod. Just. 3, 29, 7: fidem, Ambros. Luc. 4, § 26; cf.: cum ceteri amnes abluant terras et eviscerent, Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, 10.
* II. To take out of the bowels or interior part.
Transf.: unio e concha evisceratus, Sol. 53 fin.