truncus

truncus (1) adj.

TARC-, maimed, mutilated, mangled, dismembered, disfigured : Trunca manu pinus regit (Polyphemum), i. e. the trunk of a pinetree , V.: frons, without its horn , O.: corpus, limbless , O.: puerum trunci corporis natum, L.: Tela, i. e. broken , V.: arbor, deprived of branches , Cu.— Poet. with gen: animalia Trunca pedum, i. e. without feet , V.— Undeveloped, imperfect, wanting : ranae pedibus, O.—Fig., maimed, mutilated : urbs trunca, sine senatu, etc., L.