I.v. a., to lop or cut off (rare, and perh. not ante-Aug.).
I. Prop.: “arbores,” Liv. 21, 37: “superiorem partem,” Col. 5, 6, 13: “alam regi apium,” Plin. 11, 17, 17, § 54: “caput,” Ov. M. 8, 770 al. —
II. Transf. to the body from which a member is cut off, to mutilate, maim, behead: “gladio detruncata corpora bracchiis abscisis,” Liv. 31, 34: “aliquem,” Val. Fl. 3, 145; cf.: “Dalmatas incensa urbe quasi detruncaverat,” Flor. 4, 12, 11.
