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Latin
Etymology
From ob- + truncō (“maim, mutilate”).
Pronunciation
Verb
obtruncō (present infinitive obtruncāre, perfect active obtruncāvī, supine obtruncātum); first conjugation
- to kill, slaughter, cut down
- Synonyms: necō, caedō, interficiō, trucīdō, tollō, peragō, percutiō, interimō, perimō, iugulō, cōnficiō, occīdō, ēnecō, sōpiō, dēiciō, absūmō, cōnsūmō
- (rare) to trim, prune
Conjugation
References
- “obtrunco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “obtrunco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- obtrunco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.