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1 am - putō
am - putō āvī, ātus, āre, to cut around, cut away, lop off, prune: vitem ferro: quicquid est pestiferum. — Fig., to curtail, shorten, diminish: amputata inanitas, removed.—In rhet.: amputata loqui, disconnectedly. -
2 recīdō
recīdō dī, sus, ere [re-+caedo], to cut away, cut down, cut off: sceptrum imo de stirpe, V.: ceras inanīs, empty cells, V.: pueris membra, O.: volnus Ense recidendum est, O.: columnas, hew out, H.—Fig., to lop off, cut short, retrench, abridge, diminish: ambitiosa Ornamenta, H.: nationes recisae: supplicio culpam, H.* * *Irecidere, recidi, recasus V INTRANSfall/sink back, lapse/relapse/revert; fall to earth; come to naught; rebound onIIrecidere, recidi, recisus V TRANScut back/off (to base/tree), prune; cut back/away; get by cutting; curtail -
3 re-secō
re-secō cuī, ctus, āre, to cut loose, cut off: linguae scalpello resectae: palpebras: enodes truncos, V.: ferro capillos, O.: Barba resecta, O.: dapes resectae, cakes cut in squares, O.: resecanda falce humus, to be reaped, O.—Prov.: alqd ad vivum, cut to the quick, i. e. press to an extreme: de vivo aliquid erat resecandum, to be cut from the quick.—Fig., to cut off, curtail, check, stop, restrain: nimia resecari oportere: quae resecanda erunt, non patiar ad perniciem civitatis manere: audacias atque libidines: crimina quaedam cum primā barbā, Iu.: spatio brevi Spem longam, H. -
4 decurto
decurtare, decurtavi, decurtatus V TRANScut off/short, curtail; mutilate -
5 deminuo
deminuere, deminui, deminutus V TRANSmake smaller; cut up small; lessen/diminish/reduce (size/number/amount/scope); weaken; curtail; impair; understate; make diminutive; take away/deduct/deprive -
6 amputo
I.Lit., esp. of plants: amputata id est circum putata, Paul. ex Fest. p. 24 Müll.:II.vitem ferro,
Cic. Sen. 15:mergum,
Col. 4, 15, 4:cacumen (ulmi),
Plin. 16, 32, 57, § 132.—Of other things: praeceidit caulem testīsque una amputat ambo,
Lucil. 7, 22 Müll.:pestiferum in corpore,
Cic. Phil. 8, 5:umeros,
to mutilate, Sen. Thyest. 761:ex ipso vertice capillos,
Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 12:caput,
Suet. Galb. 20:manus,
id. ib. 9:pollices,
id. Aug. 24 et saep.—In Pliny also of things that are bitten off:caudas mugili,
Plin. 9, 62, 88, § 185.—Trop., to lop off, curtail, shorten, diminish:amputata inanitas omnis et error,
removed, banished, Cic. Fin. 1, 13:volo esse in adulescente, unde aliquid amputem,
id. de Or. 2, 21:licet hinc quantum cuique videbitur circumcidat atque amputet,
id. ib. 1, 15, 65:longa colloquia,
Sen. Med. 530:numerum legionum,
Tac. H. 2, 69.—In rhet.:amputata loqui,
in a disconnected manner, in abrupt sentences, Cic. Or. 51:amputata oratio et abscisa,
concise, Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 18. -
7 arto
arto (not arcto), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [1. artus], to draw or press close together, to compress, contract (not found in Cic.).I.A.. Lit.: omnia conciliatu artari possunt, * Lucr. 1, 576:B.libros,
Mart. 1, 3, 3; Col. 12, 44, 2:vitis contineri debet vimine, non artari,
Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 209:angustias eas artantibus insulis parvis, quae etc.,
id. 3, 6, 13, § 83.—Trop., to contract, straiten, limit, curtail:II.fortuna humana fingit artatque ut lubet, i. e. in angustias redigit,
Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 54 Lind.; Liv. 45, 56:tempus,
to limit, circumscribe, Dig. 42, 1, 2; 38, 9, 1:se,
to limit one's self, to retrench, ib. 1, 11, 2 al. — -
8 castro
castro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [Sanscr. çastra, knife, sword].I.To deprive of generative power (both of male and female), to emasculate, castrate, geld:2.hircum,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 1 and 4:agnum,
Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 18:gallos,
id. ib. 3, 9, 3; Curt. 6, 3, 12; Val. Max. 6, 1, 13; Suet. Dom. 7:sues,
Plin. 8, 51, 77, § 208; 10, 21, 25, § 50; 11, 51, 112, § 261 al.—Transf. to plants, to prune, lop, trim, Cato, R. R. 33, 2; Plin. 17, 20, 33, § 144; 24, 8, 33, § 49.—B.Trop.: vina saccis, to pass through a sack or bag, to filter, Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 53; cf. id. 14, 22, 28, § 138 sq.:II.siligo castrata,
i. e. cleaned, id. 18, 9, 20, § 86:semen,
id. 15, 14, 15, § 51.—In gen., to shorten, cut off, curtail:B.caudas catulorum,
Col. 7, 12, 14; cf. Plin. 8, 41, 63, § 153:alvos apum,
to take up, to take out the honey, Col. 9, 15, 4; 9, 15, 11; cf.:castrare alvearia,
Pall. 7, 7.—Trop., to enervate, debilitate: castrata res publica morte Africani, weakened (a vulgar figure, acc. to Cic. de Or. 3, 41, 164; Quint. 8, 6, 15):nisi illum (Maecenatem) enervasset felicitas, immo castrasset,
Sen. Ep. 19, 9:libellos,
to remove obscenity, to expurgate, Mart. 1, 35, 14:vires,
to diminish, Plin. 11, 18, 19, § 60:avaritiam,
to check, restrain, Claud. Eutr. 1, 192. -
9 decurto
dē-curto, no perf., ātum, 1 (only in the part. praes. and perf.), v. a., to cut off, curtail, mutilate.I.Lit.:II.radices,
Plin. 25, 5, 21, § 53:amicum undique decurtatum, cum aures illi nasumque abscidisset, in cavea diu pavit,
Sen. Ira, 3, 17:peniculamenta canteriorum,
Arn. 5, p. 163.—Trop., of style: mutila sentit quaedam et quasi decurtata, Cic. Or. 53, 178. -
10 mutilo
mŭtĭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [mutilus], to cut or lop off, to cut short, clip, crop; to maim, mutilate (syn.: trunco, tondeo, amputo).I.Lit.:II.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.A.To mutilate, in pronunciation:B.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. -
11 reseco
rĕ-sĕco, cŭi, ctum (resecavi, Symm. Ep. 10, 73:I.resecata,
Eum. Grat. Act. ad Const. 11 fin.), 1, v. a., to cut loose, cut off (class.; esp. in the trop. signif.; cf. praecido).Lit.:II.ut linguae scalpello resectae liberarentur,
Cic. Div. 2, 46, 96:os,
id. Leg. 2, 22, 55:palpebras,
id. Pis. 19, 43:enodes truncos,
Verg. G. 2, 78:radices,
Ov. M. 7, 264:longos ferro capillos,
id. ib. 11, 182:de tergore partem Exiguam,
id. ib. 8, 650:barba resecta,
id. Tr. 4, 10, 58:alas,
id. R. Am. 701:extremam partem ipsius unguis ad vivum,
to the quick, Col. 6, 12, 3; 5, 9, 15:ungues,
Val. Max. 3, 2, 15.—Trop., to cut off, curtail; to check, stop, restrain:quod aiunt, nimia resecari oportere, naturalia relinqui (shortly after, circumcidere and amputare),
Cic. Tusc. 4, 26, 57; cf. id. ib. 4, 20, 46:quae resecanda erunt, non patiar ad perniciem civitatis manere,
id. Cat. 2, 5, 11:libidinem,
id. Att. 1, 18, 2:audacias et libidines,
id. Verr. 2, 3, 89, § 208:crimina quaedam cum primā barbā,
Juv. 8, 166:spatio brevi Spem longam reseces,
Hor. C. 1, 11, 7; cf.:haec (dicta),
Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 4; Juv. 8, 166:neque id ad vivum reseco, ut illi qui haec subtilius disserunt,
i. e. nor do I take this in too strict a sense, Cic. Lael. 5, 18 (v. supra, I.):de vivo aliquid erat resecandum,
was to be cut from the quick, id. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 118.
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