English → Latin
“detruncate” in Latin
dētruncōto lop off, cut off; to mutilate (the body from which a limb is cut off), beheadarbora tree; something made from a tree, of wood; the polypus (imagined to have arms like the branches of a tree)caputthe head (of humans and animals); head; top; summit; point; end; extremity (beginning or end); origin; source; spring; h
The English word detruncate itself goes back to Latin truncus, through dētruncātus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
detruncate
detruncare (rare; probably not pre- Augustan, Freund: arbores, caput; alam regis apium).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for detruncate?
- The usual Latin words for “detruncate” are dētruncō, arbor, caput. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.