Lewis Short
(verb) : curto, āvi, ātum, 1, curtus
* To shorten, diminish (not ante-Aug., and very rare): aliquid,Cels. 7, 9: radices,Pall. Feb. 10, 3.
* Trop., to diminish: rem,Pers. 6, 34; cf.: Quantulum enim summae curtabit quisque dierum,Hor. S. 2, 3, 124.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary