LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum

dē-curto

Meaning

  1. to cut off, curtail, mutilate

dē-curto, no
I. perf., ātum, 1 (only in the part. praes. and perf.), v. a., to cut off, curtail, mutilate.
I. Lit.: radices, Plin. 25, 5, 21, § 53: amicum undique decurtatum, cum aures illi nasumque abscidisset, in cavea diu pavit, Sen. Ira, 3, 17: peniculamenta canteriorum, Arn. 5, p. 163.—
II. Trop., of style: mutila sentit quaedam et quasi decurtata, Cic. Or. 53, 178.

In English words that came into English from dē-curto

  • decurtatedēcurtātus

Quick answers

What does dē-curto mean in Latin?
dē-curto, means “to cut off, curtail, mutilate”.