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Dictionary entries

  • curtus, curta, curtum:

    Adjective · 1st declension

    Frequency:
    Common
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
    Field:
    Agriculture

    = mutilated; incomplete, missing a part; circumcised; castrated, gelded; docked;

    Entry →
    acc. pl. (f.)
  • 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);

    Entry →
    sg. pres. act. ind. 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..."

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