stump Copy link • stump: no exact equiv.: expr. by adj. truncus: e. g. the s. of an arm, tr. humeri: stīpĕs, ĭtis, m., a trunk or post (cf. Ov. Fast. 2, 642), and (sectus) caudex, ĭcis, m. (cf. Virg. Georg. 2, 30), are nearest to our s. of a tree. Phr.: s. orator, contionator, Cic. Cat. 4, 5, 9.