curtus
Ὥσπερ οἱ ἐρωτικοὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐν αἰσθήσει καλῶν ὁδῷ προϊόντες ἐπ' αὐτὴν καταντῶσι τὴν μίαν τῶν καλῶν πάντων καὶ νοητῶν ἀρχήν → Just as lovers systematically leave behind what is fair to sensation and attain the one true source of all that is fair and intelligible
Latin > English
curtus curta, curtum ADJ :: mutilated; incomplete, missing a part; circumcised; castrated, gelded; docked
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
curtus: a, um, adj. root in Sanscr. kart, to cut; cf. Germ. kurz,
I shortened, mutilated, broken, short (class.; most freq. in the poets).
I Lit.: dolia, pots (chamber vessels), Lucr. 4, 1026; cf. vasa, Juv. 3, 271: pergula, Prop. 4 (5), 5, 70: testa, Mart. 3, 82, 3; cf. testu, Ov. F. 2, 645 al.. calix, Mart. 1, 92, 6: curtum temone jugum, Juv. 10, 135: latus, Mart. 12, 32, 13: Judaei, i. e. circumcised, Hor. S. 1, 9, 70; cf. equus, castrated, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 20; but curto mulo, with shortened tail ( = curtatā caudā), Hor. S. 1, 6, 104. —
II Trop.: res, Hor. C. 3, 24, 64 (cf. curto, II.): centussis, a clipped piece, Pers. 5, 191: sententia quasi curta, Cic. Fin. 4, 14, 36: fides ingratae patriae, Juv. 14, 166 al.— Of defective, incomplete discourse, Cic. Or. 50, 168; 51, 173; Lact. 6, 15.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
curtus,¹² a, um,
1 écourté, tronqué : dolia curta Lucr. 4, 1026, jarres tronquées [faisant vase de nuit]; curta vasa Juv. 3, 271, vases ébréchés ; curti Judæi Hor. S. 1, 9, 70, les Juifs circoncis ; curtus equus Prop. 4, 1, 20, cheval écourté [une fois sacrifié, on lui coupait la queue]
2 [fig.] a) sententia quasi curta Cic. Fin. 4, 36, pensée pour ainsi dire tronquée ; b) incomplet, boiteux [en parl. du rythme oratoire] : Cic. Or. 168 ; c) mince, insuffisant : Hor. O. 3, 24, 64.
Latin > German (Georges)
curtus, a, um (vgl. altind. kūṭá-ḥ, ungehörnt), verkürzt, verstümmelt, dolia, Scherben (Nachttöpfe), Lucr.: ebenso vasa, Iuven.: tegula, Prop.: res (Vermögen), Hor.: bes. (in Prosa nur) v. verstümmelten Gliedmaßen, cum curta pars aliqua est, Cels.: id quod curtum est, die (von Natur) verstümmelten Teile (des Körpers), Cels.: u. neutr., si quid ibi curti est, sarcire, wenn daselbst (an den Ohren) etwas an Substanz verloren ist, Cels.: curta in his tribus curari possunt, verstümmelte Teile, Substanzverlust (griech. κολόβωμα), Cels. – prägn. v. leb. Wesen, equus, gestutztes, Prop.: so auch mulus, Hor.: Iudaeus, beschnittener, Hor.: ficetulae, in Stücken, Apic. 4, 125. – übtr., alcis quasi curta sententia, gleichs. hinkende (einseitige) Ansicht (Ggstz. perfecta atque plena sententia), Cic.: c. fides, Iuven. – u. v. der Redeperiode, die das rhythmische Maß nicht ausfüllt, verstümmelt = unvollständig, mangelhaft, nihil inconditum, nihil curtum, nihil claudicans, Cic.: curta sentiunt nec amant redundantia, Cic.
Latin > Chinese
curtus, a, um. adj. :: 短者。斷者。不全。 — pecunia 錢少者。Equus curtus 無尾之馬。Curta res 家不富。
