curta
Dictionary entries
- Entry →curtus, curta, curtum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
mutilated; incomplete, missing a part; circumcised; castrated, gelded; docked;
abl. sg. (f.)acc. pl. (n.)nom. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. sg. (f.)voc. pl. (n.) - Entry →curto, curtare, curtavi, curtatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
shorten, cut short, abbreviate; diminish; circumcise; geld; dock (dog's tail);
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
- T
Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...amnem. puri saepe lacum propter si ac dolia curta somno devincti credunt se extollere vestem, totius umorem saccatum..." - D
Satura XIV
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...laboris nulli uisa umquam meritis minor aut ingratae curta fides patriae. saturabat glebula talis patrem ipsum turbamque casae..." - D
Satura III
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...sublimibus unde cerebrum testa ferit, quotiens rimosa et curta fenestris vasa cadant, quanto percussum pondere signent et laedant..." - M
Liber Quartus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...multa praetermittentium, dum eligant aliquid, quod sequantur, quasi curta sententia; at vero illa perfecta atque plena eorum..."
