οὐκ ἔστι σιγᾶν αἰσχρόν, ἀλλ' εἰκῆ λαλεῖν → keeping silence is not shameful; speaking at random is (Menander)
cut short: P. and V. σύντομος.
docked of its horns: P. κολαβὸς κεράτων (Plato).
