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detrunco

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Latin

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Etymology

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dē- +‎ truncō (to maim by cutting off)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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dētruncō (present infinitive dētruncāre, perfect active dētruncāvī, supine dētruncātum); first conjugation

  1. (transitive) to lop off, cut off
  2. (transitive) to mutilate (the body from which a limb is cut off), behead

Conjugation

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References

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  • detrunco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • detrunco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers