curtus

curtus adj.,

shortened, mutilated, broken, short: vasa, Iu.: testa, O.: temone iugum, Iu.: Iudaei, i. e. circumcised, H.: equus, castrated, Pr.: mulus, with cropped tail, H.—Fig., lessened, impaired, defective, poor: res, H.: sententia: fides patriae, Iu.—Of discourse, incomplete.