runcatio

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

runcātĭo, ōnis,f. [runco].

I A weeding , weeding out , Col. 2, 9, 18; 2, 11, 19; Plin. 18, 21, 50, § 185.—

II Concr., weeds to be pulled out, Col. 2, 11, 6.