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ob-trunco , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
I.to cut off, lop away; to trim, prune.
I. Lit. (post-Aug. and very rare): “vitem,Col. 4, 29, 13.—
II. In gen., to cut down, cut to pieces, kill, slay, slaughter (not in Cic. or Cæs.; “syn.: trucido, jugulo, occido): ipsus Amphitruo optruncavit regem Pterelam in proelio,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 259: (Medea) puerum interea obtruncat, Poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 67: ceteri vice pecorum obtruncabantur, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 497, 27: “caedere alios, alios obtruncare,id. J. 97, 5: “regem,Liv. 1, 5: “(hostes),Sall. J. 67, 2: “cervos ferro,Verg. G. 3, 374: “gallum,Plaut. Aul. 3, 4, 10; Liv. 7, 26, 5; 8, 24, 9; 10, 38, 11; Curt. 6, 1, 1; Just. 16, 5, 15; Tac. H. 1, 80; 3, 12.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (12):
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 10, 38.11
    • Vergil, Georgics, 3.374
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 1.80
    • Plautus, Amphitruo, 1.1
    • Plautus, Aulularia, 3.4
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 8, 24
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 5
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 7, 26
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 3.26
    • Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum, 67
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 4.29.13
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 6.1.1
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