curtis
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. pl. (all)dat. pl. (all)
Examples
Galba
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...ignorantiam locorum retardati. Iugulatus est ad lacum Curti ac relictus ita uti erat, donec gregarius miles a frumentatione..."Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...meliore tempore dicam; hodie tricensima sabbata: vin tu curtis Iudaeis oppedere?' 'nulla mihi' inquam 'religio..."
