Lewis Short
(verb) : mŭtĭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, mutilus
* To cut or lop off, to cut short, clip, crop; to maim, mutilate (syn.: trunco, tondeo, amputo).
* Lit.: naso auribusque mutilatis,Liv. 29, 9: corpora securibus,Curt. 9, 2, 10: aures naresque,id. 7, 5, 21: mutilatae cauda colubrae,Ov. M. 6, 559: ramos, id. de Nuce, 37: dentem,Plin. 8, 5, 5, § 11.
* Transf.
* To mutilate, in pronunciation: verba,Plin. 7, 16, 15, § 70.
* To shorten, to diminish, lessen: aliquem,i. e. to curtail his fortune, rob him,Ter. Hec. 1, 1, 7; exercitum, * Cic. Phil. 3 12, 31: patrimonium, Cod. Just. 11, 33, 1: commoda urbis,id. 11, 42, 2: jura libertatis,id. 7, 22, 2.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary