ex-secō or execō

   ex-secō or execō cuī, ctus, āre,    to cut out, cut away, remove: vitiosas partīs: linguam: cornu exsecto frons, H.: nervis urbis exsectis: Lichan iam matre peremptā, V.—To cut, castrate: alqm. —To deduct, take out, extort: quinas hic capiti mercedes, H.