castratura
From LSJ
σοὶ μὲν παιδιὰν τοῦτ' εἶναι, ἐμοὶ δὲ θάνατον → This is sport to you but death to me (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 1243a20)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
castrātūra: ae, f. id.. *
I An emasculalion, castration of animals, Pall. Mai, 7, 2.—
II A pruning, cleansing of plants: siliginis, Plin. 18, 9, 20, § 86.
