curto
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. (m.)abl. sg. (n.)dat. sg. (m.)dat. sg. (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. ind. 1st
Examples
Liber XII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...bipes mensa, Et cum lucerna corneoque cratere Matella curto rupta latere meiebat; Foco virenti suberat amphorae cervix; Fuisse..."Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...calones atque caballi pascendi, ducenda petorrita. nunc mihi curto ire licet mulo vel si libet usque Tarentum, mantica..."
