dē-trunco

I. v. a., to lop or cut off (rare, and perh. not ante-Aug.).

I. Prop.: arbores, Liv. 21, 37: superiorem partem, Col. 5, 6, 13: alam regi apium, Plin. 11, 17, 17, § 54: caput, Ov. M. 8, 770 al. —

II. Transf. to the body from which a member is cut off, to mutilate, maim, behead: gladio detruncata corpora bracchiis abscisis, Liv. 31, 34: aliquem, Val. Fl. 3, 145; cf.: Dalmatas incensa urbe quasi detruncaverat, Flor. 4, 12, 11.