I.to cut into, cut through, cut open, cut up (class.).
I. Lit.: “teneris arboribus incisis atque inflexis,” Caes. B. G. 2, 17, 4: “arbores,” Plin. 12, 14, 30, § 54; 32, § 58: “inciditur vitro, lapide, osseisve cultellis,” id. 12, 25, 54, § 115; cf.: “palmes inciditur in medullam,” id. 14, 9, 11, § 84: “venam,” to open, id. 29, 6, 58, § 126; Cels. 2, 8; Tac. A. 16, 19; cf.: “incisi nervi,” Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 218: “circa vulnus scalpello,” Cels. 5, 27, 3: “pinnas,” to clip, Cic. Att. 4, 2, 5; so, “vites falce,” Verg. E. 3, 11: “pulmo incisus,” cut up, divided, Cic. Div. 1, 39, 85; cf.: “eupatoria foliis per extremitates incisis,” i. e. notched, indented, Plin. 5, 6, 29, § 65: “nos linum incidimus, legimus,” cut through, cut, Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 10: “funem,” Verg. A. 3, 667: corpora mortuorum, to dissect, Cels. praef.: “nocentes homines vivos,” id. ib.: “quid habet haruspex cur pulmo incisus etiam in bonis extis dirimat tempus?” Cic. Div. 1, 39, 85: “si rectum limitem rupti torrentibus pontes inciderint,” cut through, broken through, Quint. 2, 13, 16: “squamisque incisus adaestuat amnis,” Stat. Th. 5, 517: “non incisa notis marmcra publicis,” engraved, Hor. C. 4, 8, 13: “tabula ... his ferme incisa litteris fuit,” Liv. 6, 29 fin.—
B. Transf.
1. To cut in, to carve, engrave, inscribe on any thing; usually constr. with in and abl.; less freq. with in and acc., the dat., or absol.
(α).
With in and abl.: “id non modo tum scripserunt, verum etiam in aere incisum nobis tradiderunt,” Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 65; cf.: “foedus in columna aenea incisum et perscriptum,” id. Balb. 23, 53; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 63, § 154: “in qua basi grandibus litteris P. Africani nomen erat incisum,” id. ib. 2, 4, 34, § “74: nomina in tabula incisa,” id. Fam. 13, 36, 1: “notum est carmen incisum in sepulcro,” id. de Sen. 17, 61; id. Pis. 29, 72; id. Font. 14, 31: “incidens litteras in fago recenti,” Plin. 16, 9, 14, § 35: “indicem in aeneis tabulis,” Suet. Aug. 101: “quae vos incidenda in aere censuistis,” Plin. Pan. 75, 1.—
(β).
With in and acc.: “quae (acta) ille in aes incidit,” Plin. Pan. 1, 7, 16: “leges in aes incisae,” Liv. 3, 57 fin.: “lege jam in aes incisā,” Suet. Aug. 28 fin.: “quod ita erit gestum, lex erit, et in aes incidi jubebitis credo illa legitima: consules populum jure rogaverunt, etc.,” Cic. Phil. 1, 10, 26.—
(γ).
With dat. (poet. and post-Aug.): “verba ceris,” Ov. M. 9, 529: “amores arboribus,” Verg. E. 10, 53: “fastos marmoreo parieti,” Suet. Gramm. 17: “nomen non trabibus aut saxis,” Plin. Pan. 54, 7; cf.: “primum aliquid da, quod possim titulis incidere,” i. e. among your titles, Juv. 8, 69.—
(δ).
Absol.: “incidebantur jam domi leges,” Cic. Mil. 32, 87; cf.: “tabula his litteris incīsa,” Liv. 6, 29, 9: “sine delectu morum quisquis incisus est,” inscribed, registered, Sen. Ben. 4, 28: “Victorem litteris incisis appellare,” Macr. S. 3, 6, 11.—
2. To make by cutting, to cut (rare): “ferroque incidit acuto Perpetuos dentes et serrae repperit usum,” Ov. M. 8, 245: “novas incide faces, tibi ducitur uxor,” Verg. E. 8, 29; Col. 2, 21, 3.
II. Trop.
A. To break off, interrupt, put an end to: “poëma ad Caesarem, quod institueram, incidi,” have broken off, stopped, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 4, § 11: “inciditur omnis jam deliberatio, si intellegitur non posse fieri, ?*!” id. de Or. 2, 82, 336; cf. Liv. 32, 37, 5: “tandem haec singultu verba incidente profatur,” Stat. Th. 9, 884: “novas lites,” Verg. E. 9, 14: “ludum,” Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 36: “vocis genus crebro incidens,” broken, interrupted, Cic. de Or. 3, 58, 217.—
B. To cut off, cut short, take away, remove: “media,” to cut short, Cic. Phil. 2, 19, 47: “qui mihi pinnas inciderant nolunt easdem renasci,” id. 4, 2, 5: “Tarquinius spe omni reditus incisā exsulatum Tusculum abiit,” cut off, Liv. 2, 15, 7: “spe incisā,” id. 3, 58, 6; 35, 31, 7; cf. id. 44, 6, 13; 44, 13, 3: “tantos actus,” Sil. 3, 78: “ipsam, quam promimus horam casus incidit,” Sen. Ep. 101: “testamentum,” to annul, invalidate, Dig. 28, 4, 3.—
C. In rhet., to make by cutting, to cut: “aequaliter particulas,” Cic. Or. 61, 205.— Hence,
1. incī-sum , i, n., rhet. t. t. for the Gr. κόμμα, a section or division of a sentence, a clause: quae nescio cur, cum Graeci κόμματα et κῶλα nominent, nos non recte incisa et membra dicamus, Cic. Or. 62, 211 (for which: “incisiones et membra,” id. 64, 261): “incisum erit sensus non expleto numero conclusus, plerisque pars membri,” Quint. 9, 4, 122; cf. id. ib. 22; 32; 44; 67; 123.—
2. incīsē , adv., in short clauses: “quo pacto deceat incise membratimve dici,” Cic. Or. 63, 212; cf. incisim.
