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findo, fĭdi, fissum, 3, v. a. [root Sanscr. bhid-, to cleave; Germ. beissen; Engl. bite], to cleave, split, part, separate, divide (class.; cf.: scindo, seco, caedo).

  1. I. Lit.: hoc enim quasi rostro finditur Fibrenus et divisus aequaliter in duas partes latera haec alluit, Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6; cf.: inimicam findite rostris Hanc terram, Verg. A. 10, 295: patrios findere sarculo agros, Hor. C. 1, 1, 11: terras vomere, Ov. A. A. 2, 671: mare carinā, Prop. 3, 9 (4, 8), 35: Assaraci tellus, quam … Findunt Scamandri flumina, Hor. Epod. 13, 14: hiulca siti findit Canis aestifer arva, Verg. G. 2, 353; cf.: arentes cum findit Sirius agros, Tib. 1, 7, 21: rubra Canicula findet Statuas, Hor. S. 2, 5, 39: os, Cels. 8, 4 med.; cf. id. 8, 3 fin.: specularis lapis finditur in quamlibet tenues crustas, Plin. 36, 22, 45, § 160; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 21: hic locus est, partes ubi se via findit in ambas, Verg. A. 6, 540; id. G. 2, 78; Ov. M. 4, 65.
        1. b. In part. perf.: fissa ferarum ungula, Lucr. 4, 680: ungulae equi, Suet. Caes. 61: lingua in partes duas, Ov. M. 4, 585: lignum, Verg. A. 9, 413: ferulae, Cels. 8, 10; cf. id. 8, 3 fin.
    1. B. Mid., to split, burst (poet. and very rare): turgescit bilis: findor, I am ready to burst with rage, Pers. 3, 8: cor meum et cerebrum finditur, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 4, 17: Marsis finduntur cantibus angues, Ov. Med. fac. 39.
  2. II. Trop., to divide (poet. and very seldom): Idus sunt agendae, Qui dies mensem Veneris marinae Findit Aprilem, Hor. C. 4, 11, 16: fissa voluntas, Prud. Psych. 760.
    Hence, fissum, i, n., a cleft, slit, fissure.
    1. A. In gen. (very rare): postquam implevisti fusti fissorum caput, Plaut. Aul. 3, 4, 7: ad ani fissa, Cels. 5, 20, 5.
    2. B. Esp., in the lang. of augurs, of the divided liver: jecorum, Cic. Div. 1, 52, 118; cf.: fissum in exitis, id. ib. 1, 10, 16; jecoris, id. N. D. 3, 6, 14: familiare et vitale, id. Div. 2, 13, 32.

fissĭcŭlo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a. [fissum, from findo], in the lang. of the haruspices, to divide the entrails (post-class.): extis fissiculandis, App. de Deo Socr. p. 45; Mart. Cap. 2, § 151; and: fissiculatis extorum prosiciis, id. 1, § 9.

fissĭlis, e, adj. [findo].

  1. I. That may be cleft or split, fissile (rare; not in Cic. or Caes.): robur, Verg. A. 6, 181; lignum, id. G. 1, 144; Plin. 16, 39, 73, § 187: arundo, id. 16, 36, 64, § 157: vena lapidis, id. 36, 17, 27, § 131.
  2. II. Cleft, split: stipes, Col. 9, 1, 3.
    Comically transf.: ad focum si adesses, Non fissile haberes caput, you would not have had your crown cracked, Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 26.

* fissĭo, ōnis, f. [findo], a cleaving, dividing: glebarum, Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 159.

fissĭ-pes, pĕdis, adj. [fissus, from findo], cloven-footed.

  1. I. Lit.: juvencae, Aus. Ep. 5, 3.
  2. II. Transf., in gen., split: calamus, a pen for writing, Aus. Ep. 7, 49.

fissum, i, n., v. findo fin.

fissūra, ae, f. [findo]; a cleft, chink, fissure (post-Aug.): quorum in digitos pedum fissura divisa est, Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 176: vitis, Col. 4, 29, 4.
In plur., Plin. 33, 6, 33, § 101: efficax asini sevum labrorum fissuris, chapped lips, id. 28, 12, 50, § 188.

fissus, a, um, Part., v. findo.