curto

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

curto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [curtus],

I to shorten, diminish (not ante-Aug., and very rare): aliquid, Cels. 7, 9: radices, Pall. Feb. 10, 3.—

II Trop., to diminish : rem, Pers. 6, 34; cf.: Quantulum enim summae curtabit quisque dierum, Hor. S. 2, 3, 124.

Related Words