subnervo

āvi, 1, v. a.

sub-nervus, to cut the sinew beneath

I. to hamstring, hough (post-class.).
I. Taurum, Tert. adv. Jud. 10 med.: equos, Vulg. Jos. 11, 6: jugales, id. 2 Reg. 8, 4.—*
II. Trop., to invalidate, refute: calumnias, App. Mag. p. 327.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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