Appearance

Theme

Reading text

Font
Size
100%
Spacing

Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

Issues / Feedback

This report will be visible to the general public on our GitHub issue tracker. Please do not submit private or sensitive information.
Only needed if you want updates or clarification on GitHub.

Dictionary settings

Enabled Dictionaries
Search Scope

Match conjugated verbs and declined nouns/adjectives.

Highlight Strength 50%
Contents (10 senses)
S&H Smith & Hall (1)
Source
Source & Attribution
Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
prune (v.) Copy link
Outline
• prune (v.):
    1. I. Lit.:
      1. 1. pŭto, 1: to p. trees with the knife, arbores falce p.. Cato R. R. 32: Virg.: Col. Comps. (1). dēpŭto, 1 (to p. down, esp. to cut away the growing shoots freely): Cato R. R. 49: Col. 11, 2, med. (2). ampŭto, 1 (to p. away, lop off; used with ref. both to the tree and to the lopped-off branches): to p. a vine, vitem ferro a., Cic. Sen. 15, 52: to p. away useless branches, inutiles ramos falce a., Hor. Epod. 2, 13. (3). interpŭto, 2 (lop out branches here and there): Cato R. R. 50 (ficos interputare): Col.
      2. 2. purgo, 1 (to clear off anything superfluous, as excessive leafage, etc.): cf. Cato R. R. 65, oleam foliis et stercore purgare. So interpurgo, to cleanse or clear here and there. Plin.
      3. 3. dēcăcūmĭno, 1 (by snipping off the ends of branches and shoots): Col. 4, 7, fin. (pampinum d., to remove the growing end of a shoot).
      4. 4. pampĭno, 1 (in vines, to remove superfluous shoots and tendrils): to p. a vine, vitem p., Varr. R. R. 1, 31, init.: Col. Rarely of other trees, Col. 4, 31 (of willows). (N.B.--Interlucare arbores = to thin them.)
    2. II. Fig.: to remove what is redundant in expression:
      1. 1. ampŭto, 1: I like there to be something in (the style of) a young man for me to p. away, volo esse in adolescente unde aliquid amputem, Cic. de Or. 2, 21, 88.
      2. 2. rĕsĕco, ui, sectum, 1. you must p. away as much of it as is necessary, tu haec, quantum ratio exegerit, reseca, Plin. 2, 5, 4.
      3. 3. rĕcīdo, di, sum, 3: to p. away showy ornaments, ambitiosa ornamenta r., Hor. A. P. 447: Quint. 12, 10, 52.
      4. 4. a somewhat different figure is, reprĭmo, 3: cf. Cic. Br. 91, fin. [Molo] dedit operam ut nimis redundantes nos reprimeret, et quasi extra ripas diffluentes coerceret.