[1925] dē-collo, āvī, ātum, āre (de u. collum), I) vom [1925] Halse herabnehmen, Caecil. com. 116. – II) köpfen, enthaupten, alqm, Sen. apoc. 6, 2; de rem. fort. 3, 1. Petron. 51, 6. Fenestell. bei Diom. 365, 9. Aur. Vict. epit. 19, 3. Vopisc. Aurel. 6, 5. Schol. Iuven. 13, 178: alqm ad lucernam, Sen. de ira 3, 18, 4: capita decollatorum, Scrib. 194. – absol., nisi forte facilius in honorem eius decollas quam iudicas, Sen. contr. 9, 25, 4: miles decollandi artifex, Suet. Cal. 32: unpers., deinde descripsit quanto aliter in foro decolletur, Sen. contr. 9, 25, 10.