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Menander, Monostichoi, 433

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

con-trunco: āvi, ātum, 1,
I v. a., to cut down or to pieces (ante- and post-class. and very rare): filios, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 51; cf.: inermes et obsistentes, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 61.—Facete: cibum, Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 48: offulam grandiorem, App. M. 1, p. 103, 35: moles palearum, id. ib. 9, p. 222, 37.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

contruncō,¹⁶ āvī, ātum, āre, tr., couper la tête à plusieurs à la fois : Pl. Bacch. 975 || [fig.] rogner : Pl. St. 554.