adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
mutilus
mutilus (feminine mutila, neuter mutilum)
Classical[ˈmʊ.tɪ.ɫʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈmuː.ti.lus]
Meaning
- adjectivemutilated
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
maimed, loppedmutilus -a -um — in De Bello Gallico III
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mutilus | mutila | mutilum |
| genitive | mutilī | mutilae | mutilī |
| dative | mutilō | mutilae | mutilō |
| accusative | mutilum | mutilam | mutilum |
| ablative | mutilō | mutilā | mutilō |
| vocative | mutile | mutila | mutilum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mutilī | mutilae | mutila |
| genitive | mutilōrum | mutilārum | mutilōrum |
| dative | mutilīs | mutilīs | mutilīs |
| accusative | mutilōs | mutilās | mutila |
| ablative | mutilīs | mutilīs | mutilīs |
| vocative | mutilī | mutilae | mutila |
mŭtĭlus, a, um, adj. μιτυλος or μύτιλος,
I. maimed, mutilated (class.; syn.: truncus, curtus, mancus).
I. Lit. So of those who cut off a thumb to escape military service, Cod. Th. 7, 13, 10:
grabatulus uno pede mutilus, App. M. 1, p. 107, 19: naves (al. mutilatae), Liv. 37, 24: litterae, Gell. 17, 9, 12. —Of horned animals which have lost one or both horns: bos, Varr. L. L. 9, § 33 Müll.: alces mutilae sunt cornibus, without horns, Caes. B. G. 6, 26: capella, Col. 7, 6.—Hence jestingly, transf.: sic mutilus (i. e. exsecto cornu) minitaris? Hor. S. 1, 5, 60.—II. Trop.:
mutila et quasi decurtata (in oratione) sentire, Cic. Or. 53, 178: mutila quaedam et hiantia loqui, too briefly, id. ib. 9, 32.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
mutilus adj.
1 MI-, maimed, mutilated : alces mutilae sunt cornibus, without horns , Cs.: sic mutilus minitaris? i. e. after losing your horn , H.— Fig.: mutila quaedam loqui, too briefly .
Origins
Unknown; possibly Proto-Indo-European *mut- (“cut short”). Compare muticus (“docked”), Scottish Gaelic mutach (“short”), Ancient Greek μίτυλος (mítulos, “hornless”), μιστύλλω (mistúllō, “something cut up”).
Descendants
- Frenchmoche
- Italianmozzo
- Portuguesemocho
- Spanishmocho
- Catalanmotxofrom Spanish mocho