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rē-scindo, scĭdi, scissum, 3, v. a., to cut off, cut loose, cut or break down; to cut or tear open (freq. and class.).

  1. I. Lit.: pontem, i. e. to break down, Caes. B. G. 1, 7; 4, 19 fin.; 6, 29; 7, 35; 7, 58 fin.; Nep. Milt. 3, 4; Liv. 2, 10; Flor. 3, 10, 3: vallum ac loricam falcibus, Caes. B. G. 7, 86 fin.: pluteos, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 95, 22: cameras tectorum, Front. Strat. 3, 4, 6: tecta domusque in usum novae classis, Flor. 2, 15, 10: caelum, Verg. G. 1, 280; id. A. 6, 583: tenuem vestem e membris, Tib. 1, 10, 61: vestes, Claud. B. Gild. 136: decreta, Suet. Calig. 3: ense teli latebram penitus, to cut open, Verg. A. 12, 390: vulnera, Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 63; Flor. 3, 23, 4; Plin. Ep. 7, 19, 9: pectora ferro, Stat. Th. 11, 507: rescisso palato, Luc. 4, 328: plagam, Flor. 4, 2, 72: venam, to open, Col. 6, 30, 5; 7, 10, 2; and poet.: obductos annis luctus, Ov. M. 12, 543: an male sarta Gratia nequidquam coit et rescinditur? Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 32; imitated by Petronius: ne inter initia coëuntis gratiae recentem cicatricem rescinderet, Petr. 113, 8.
    1. B. Meton., to open: vias, Lucr. 2,406: locum praesidiis firmatum atque omni ratione obvallatum, Cic. Agr. 2, 1, 3: ferro summum Ulceris os, Verg. G. 3, 453; Col. 7, 5, 10; cf.: latentia vitia (corresp. to aperire), Quint. 9, 2, 93.
  2. II. Trop., to annul, abolish, abrogate, repeal, rescind a law, decree, agreement, etc.: mihi non videtur, quod sit factum legibus, Rescindi posse, Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 16: acta M. Antonii rescidistis, leges refixistis, Cic. Phil. 13, 3, 5; so, acta, id. ib. 2, 42, 109; 13, 3, 5; Liv. 26, 31; Suet. Caes. 82; id. Claud. 11; Flor. 3, 23, 2: acta deūm, Ov. M. 14, 784: jussa Jovis, id. ib. 2, 678: constitutiones senatūs, Suet. Tib. 33: concilia habita, Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 31: totam triennii praeturam, id. Verr. 2, 2, 57, § 140: rescindere et irritas facere omnes istius injurias, id. ib. 2, 2, 26, § 63: res judicatas, id. Sull. 22, 63; cf. judicium, id. Planc. 4, 10: judicia, Suet. Claud. 29: ambitiosas Centumvir. sententias, id. Dom. 8: pactiones, Cic. Prov. Cons. 5, 10: testamenta mortuorum, id. Verr. 2, 1, 43, § 111; Quint. 5, 2, 1; Suet. Calig. 38: foedus turpe, Vell. 2, 90, 3.
    Poet.: aevi leges validas, Lucr. 5, 58: beneficium suum insequenti injuriā, Sen. Ben. 3, 13: verbum Dei, Vulg. Marc. 7, 13.

rēscĭo, īre, v. rescisco init.

rē-scisco, īvi or ii, ītum, 3 (the primitive form, rescio, is assumed by Gell. 2, 19, 4, but is not confirmed by any example), v. inch. n., to learn, find out, ascertain a thing (qs. bringing it again to light from concealment; cf. reperio; mostly ante-class.; esp. freq. in Ter.).

    1. 1. In tempp. press.: omnia omnes ubi resciscunt, Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 27 sq.; Plaut. Am. 1, 2, 29; id. As. 3, 3, 153; id. Bacch. 4, 7, 28 et saep.; Ter. And. 2, 3, 26; id. Heaut. 4, 2, 3; 4, 3, 19 et saep.
    2. 2. In tempp. perff.: ea Lucani ubi resciverunt, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 2, 19, 7; Naev. and Cato ap. Gell. l. l.; Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 40; id. Cist. 1, 3, 48; id. Capt. 5, 1, 25; id. Bacch. 4, 6, 12 et saep.; Ter. And. 2, 2, 3; 3, 2, 14; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 47; id. Ad. 5, 3, 5: cum id rescierit, * Cic. Off. 3, 23, 91; Caes. B. G. 1, 28; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 2; Liv. 41, 22; Suet. Calig. 17; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 227; Ov. M. 2, 424: rescierunt, Nep. Paus. 3, 4: resciit, id. Dat. 2, 4: rescituros, id. Eum. 8, 6: rescitum iri, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 45.

rēscissĭo, ōnis, f. [rescindo, II.), a making void, annulling, rescinding, rescission (in jurid. and eccl. Lat.).

  1. I. Lit.: prioris decreti, Dig. 50, 9, 5: emptionis, ib. 43, 24, 11 fin.: emancipationis, ib. 37, 4, 3.
  2. II. Trop.: mortis, Tert. Res. Carn. 57, 5; cf. id. adv. Marc. 2, 7.

rescīssōrĭus, a, um, adj. [id.; cf. rescissio]; in jurid. Lat., of or pertaining to abrogating, revoking, or rescinding, rescissory: actio, Dig. 4, 6, 28 fin.
As subst.: rescissōrĭa, ae, f., = rescissoria actio, Dig. 39, 5, 21.

rescissus,, a, um, Part. of rescindo.