amputate Copy link Outline 1. ampŭto, 12. sĕco, ŭi, ctum, 1 • amputate: 1. ampŭto, 1: limbs are a.d if they injure the other parts of the body, membra amputantur si nocent reliquis partibus corporis, Cic.: to a. the hands, manus am., Suet.: Sen. 2. sĕco, ŭi, ctum, 1: we suffer parts of the body to be cauterized or a.d, in corpore aliquid uri secarique patimur, Cic.: to a. limbs, membra s., Plin. (Sen. uses legere ossa of the removal of bones by a surgical operation. Prov. 3, 2).