curtus

== Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *kortos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kr̥tós (“short”), from *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *kortъkъ (“short”), Scots short, schort (“short”), Old High German scurz (“short”) (Middle High German schurz, Old Norse skorta (“to lack”) (Danish skorte), (maybe) Albanian shkurt (“short, brief”), English short. More at shirt. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkʊr.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkur.tus] === Adjective === curtus (feminine curta, neuter curtum); first/second-declension adjective shortened, mutilated; broken Near-synonyms: mancus, truncus circumcized (figurative) incomplete, defective Synonyms: imperfectus, mancus ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== curtiventris ==== Related terms ==== curtō Curtius ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “curtus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “curtus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "curtus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “curtus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. curtus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016