trunco
μέτρον γὰρ τοῦ βίου τὸ καλόν, οὐ τὸ τοῦ χρόνου μῆκος → for life's measure is its beauty not its length (Plutarch, Consolatio ad Apollonium 111.D.4)
Latin > English
trunco truncare, truncavi, truncatus V :: maim, mutilate; strip of branches, foliage; cut off
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
trunco: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. 2. truncus,
I to maim, mutilate, mangle, or shorten by cutting off, to cut off (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn.: mutilo, amputo): truncata simulacra deum, Liv. 31, 30, 7: statuis regis truncatis, id. 31, 23, 10: truncat olus foliis, strips, cuts off the leaves, Ov. M. 8, 647: truncato ex vulneribus corpore, Tac. A. 1, 17; cf. id. H. 3, 33: truncatā corporis parte, partem corporis, Just. 11, 14, 11; 15, 3, 4: cadavera, Luc. 6, 584: caput, id. 6, 566: lacertos, Claud. ap. Ruf. 2, 411: frontem, i. e. to deprive of an eye, Sil. 4, 541: manibusque truncatus et armis, deprived of his hands and weapons, Claud. B. Get. 88: quia antiquum illud (signum) vetustate truncatum est, Plin. Ep. 9, 39, 4: truncatis arboribus, Suet. Calig. 45 init.—Poet., transf.: aquas, to cut apart, rend asunder, separate, Claud. Gigant. 70: heroos tenores gressu, i. e. to shorten hexameters into pentameters, Stat. S. 2, 3, 98.—Pregn.: cervos, i. e. to kill, Val. Fl. 6, 567; Amm. 15, 4, 11. —
II Trop.: tunc omnibus fere membris erat truncata respublica, Eum. Pan. Const. Caes. 10.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
truncō,¹⁴ āvī, ātum, āre (truncus), tr., tronquer, amputer : Liv. 31, 23, 10 ; 31, 30, 7 ; Tac. Ann. 1, 17 ; olus foliis Ov. M. 8, 647, éplucher les légumes || truncatus manibus et armis Claud. Get. 88, privé de ses mains et de ses armes || heroos gressu tenores Stat. S. 5, 3, 98, raccourcir dans leur marche des vers héroïques [changer des hexamètres en pentamètres] ; aquas Claud. Gig. 70, arrêter les eaux || cervos Val. Flacc. 6, 568, tuer, massacrer des cerfs.
Latin > German (Georges)
trunco, āvī, ātum, āre (truncus), I) stutzen, beschneiden, verstümmeln, abschneiden, olus foliis, Ov.: corpus, Tac.: simulacra, statuas, Liv.: partem corporis, Iustin.: caput, Lucan.: capite truncari, Hieron.: aquas, hemmen, Claud.: heroos gressu tenores, Pentameter aus Hexametern machen, Stat. – truncatus habitu, in seinem zerstückelten Gewande, Sulp. Sev. – II) insbes., niedermetzeln, cervos, Val. Flacc. 6. 568.
Latin > Chinese
trunco, as, are. :: 砍一塊
