obtrunco
Γνῶμαι δ' ἀμείνους εἰσὶ τῶν γεραιτέρων → Consilia tutiora sunt, quae dant senes → Die Ansichten der Alten haben größren Wert
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ob-trunco: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I to cut off, lop away; to trim, prune.
I Lit. (post-Aug. and very rare): vitem, Col. 4, 29, 13.—
II In gen., to cut down, cut to pieces, kill, slay, slaughter (not in Cic. or Cæs.; syn.: trucido, jugulo, occido): ipsus Amphitruo optruncavit regem Pterelam in proelio, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 259: (Medea) puerum interea obtruncat, Poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 67: ceteri vice pecorum obtruncabantur, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 497, 27: caedere alios, alios obtruncare, id. J. 97, 5: regem, Liv. 1, 5: (hostes), Sall. J. 67, 2: cervos ferro, Verg. G. 3, 374: gallum, Plaut. Aul. 3, 4, 10; Liv. 7, 26, 5; 8, 24, 9; 10, 38, 11; Curt. 6, 1, 1; Just. 16, 5, 15; Tac. H. 1, 80; 3, 12.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
obtruncō¹¹ (opt-,) āvī, ātum, āre, tr., tailler : [la vigne] Col. Rust. 4, 29, 13 || massacrer, égorger, tuer : Pl. Amph. 415 ; Aul. 469 ; Acc. d. Cic. Nat. 3, 67 ; Sall. J. 67, 2 ; Virg. G. 3, 374 ; Liv. 7, 26, 5 ; Tac. H. 1, 80.
Latin > German (Georges)
ob-trunco, āvi, ātum, āre, I) oben abschneiden, köpfen, vitem, Colum. 4, 29, 13. – II) niederhauen, niedermetzeln, in Stücke hauen, cervos comminus ferro, den H. den Genickfang geben, Verg. (vgl. ceteri in vicem pecorum obtruncabantur, Sall. fr.): pueram, Tragic. inc. fr. bei Cic.: regem, dominum, Liv.: cedere alius, alius obtruncare, Sall.: iuxtim Numicium flumen obtruncatur, Sisenn. fr.
