I.shortened, mutilated, broken, short (class.; most freq. in the poets).
I. Lit.: dolia, pots (chamber vessels), Lucr. 4, 1026; cf. “vasa,” Juv. 3, 271: “pergula,” Prop. 4 (5), 5, 70. “testa,” Mart. 3, 82, 3; cf. “testu,” Ov. F. 2, 645 al.. calix, Mart. 1 92, 6, : “curtum temone jugum,” Juv. 10, 135: “latus,” Mart. 12, 32, 13: “Judaei,” i. e. circumcised, Hor. S. 1, 9, 70; cf. “equus,” castrated, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 20. but curto mulo, with shortened tail ( = curtatā caudā), Hor. S. 1, 6, 104. —
II. Trop.: “res,” Hor. C. 3, 24, 64 (cf. curto, II.): “centussis,” a clipped piece, Pers. 5, 191: “sententia quasi curta,” Cic. Fin. 4, 14, 36: “fides ingratae patriae,” Juv. 14, 166 al.— Of defective, incomplete discourse, Cic. Or. 50, 168; 51, 173; Lact. 6, 15.
