abruptus adj.
P. of abrumpo, broken off, cut off .—Of places, steep, precipitous, inaccessible : locus in pedum mille altitudinem, L.: petra, Cu.— Subst: vastos sorbet in abruptum fluctūs, into the abyss , V.—Fig.: contumacia, rugged , Ta.: per abrupta, i. e. defiantly , Ta.