curtas
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;
acc. pl. (f.) - 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. ind. 2nd
Examples
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..."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..."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..."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..."
