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detrunco
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Lewis Short
dē-trunco, āvi, ātum, 1
* V. a., to lop or cut off (rare, and perh. not ante-Aug.).
* Prop.: arbores,Liv. 21, 37: superiorem partem,Col. 5, 6, 13: alam regi apium,Plin. 11, 17, 17, § 54: caput,Ov. M. 8, 770 al.
* Transf. to the body from which a member is cut off, to mutilate, maim, behead: gladio detruncata corpora bracchiis abscisis,Liv. 31, 34: aliquem,Val. Fl. 3, 145; cf.: Dalmatas incensa urbe quasi detruncaverat,Flor. 4, 12, 11.
* V. a., to lop or cut off (rare, and perh. not ante-Aug.).
* Prop.: arbores,Liv. 21, 37: superiorem partem,Col. 5, 6, 13: alam regi apium,Plin. 11, 17, 17, § 54: caput,Ov. M. 8, 770 al.
* Transf. to the body from which a member is cut off, to mutilate, maim, behead: gladio detruncata corpora bracchiis abscisis,Liv. 31, 34: aliquem,Val. Fl. 3, 145; cf.: Dalmatas incensa urbe quasi detruncaverat,Flor. 4, 12, 11.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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