mutilate Copy link Outline 1. mŭtĭlo, 1 (to lop off a part of the body, as the nose, ears, etc.. also, with direct acc. of the body from which a part is lopped off)2. trunco, 1 (like preced., but used of lopping off the more important members; as, the arms, legs, head) • mutilate: 1. mŭtĭlo, 1 (to lop off a part of the body, as the nose, ears, etc.. also, with direct acc. of the body from which a part is lopped off): to m. the bodies (of elephants) with hatchets, corpora securibus m., Curt. 9, 2, med. (where the sense is prob. by hewing off the trunk): to m. a person by cutting off ears and nose, [alicui] aures naresque m., ib. 7, 5, fin.; aliquem lacerare, naso auribusque mutilatis, Liv. 29, 9, med. 2. trunco, 1 (like preced., but used of lopping off the more important members; as, the arms, legs, head): to m. corpses, cadavera tr., Lucan 6, 584: with body m.d by wounds, truncato ex vulneribus corpore, Tac. A. 1, 17. Also comp. dētrunco, 1: Liv. 31, 34, med. (= to behead). See also foll. art.