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trŭa, ae, f.

  1. I. A stirring-spoon, skimmer, ladle, Titin. and Pompon. ap. Non. 19, 17 sq.; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 118 Müll.
  2. II. Perh. a drain, gutter, spout, acc. to Varr. l. l.

trŭcīdātĭo, ōnis, f. [trucido], a slaughtering, massacring, butchery.

  1. I. Lit.: inde non jam pugna, sed trucidatio velut pecorum fleri, Liv. 28, 16, 6: civium, Cic. Phil. 4, 5, 11.
    In plur. absol.: tantas trucidationes facis, Cato ap. Gell. 13, 24, 12.
  2. II. Transf., a cutting to pieces, cutting up, cutting off, Cels. praef. med.: arborum, a lopping, trimming, Plin. 17, 27, 45, § 257.

trŭcīdātor, ōris, m. [trucido], a slaughterer, murderer (late Lat.), Aug. Civ. Dei, 1, 1; id. Ep. 105 med.

trŭcīdo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [perh. for truci-cidare, i. e. truncum caedere], to cut to pieces, to slay or kill cruelly, to slaughter, butcher, massacre (class.; syn.: obtrunco, jugulo, perimo).

  1. I. Lit.: cavete neu capti sicut pecora trucidemini, Sall. C. 58, 21; cf.: pecus diripi, trucidari, Auct. B. Afr. 20, 6: cives Romanos necandos trucidandosque curavit, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7: ne hic ibidem ante oculos vestros trucidetur, id. Rosc. Am. 5, 13: trucidando occidere, Liv. 29, 18, 14: quos ferro trucidari oportebat, eos nondum voce vulnero, Cic. Cat. 1, 4, 9; id. Rosc. Am. 5, 13: ne pueros coram populo Medea trucidet, Hor. A. P. 185: trucidatae legiones, Tac. A. 2, 45: nobilissum corpus ignobili saevitiā, Val. Max. 9, 2, 2.
  2. II. Transf., to cut up, demolish; to destroy, ruin: seu pisces seu porrum et caepe trucidas, chew up, Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 21: haec (nubes) multo si forte umore recepit Ignem, continuo magno clamore trucidat, i. e. extinguishes, Lucr. 6, 147: juventus ne effundat patrimonium, ne fenore trucidetur, Cic. Cael. 18, 42: plebem fenore, Liv. 6, 37, 2.

tructa, ae, f., = τρώκτης, a kind of trout, Isid. Orig. 12, 6.
Also called truc-tus, i, m., Plin. Val. 5, 43.

trŭcŭlentē, adv., v. truculentus fin.

trŭcŭlentĭa, ae, f. [truculentus], savageness, ferocity, roughness, harshness, truculence (very rare): tua, Plaut. Truc. 3, 2, 7: caeli, harshness, inclemency, Tac. A. 2, 24.

trŭcŭlentus, a, um, adj. [trux], savage, fierce, ferocious, stern, grim, harsh, cruel, fell (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn.: saevus, crudelis, trux).

    1. 1. Lit.: agrestis, saevus, tristis, parcus, truculentus, tenax, Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 12; cf.: quam taeter incedebat! quam truculentus! quam terribilis aspectu, Cic. Sest. 8, 19: truculentus atque saevus, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 5, 3; id. Truc. 2, 2, 10 sq.; 3, 2, 6; Quint. 11, 3, 73; Ov. M. 13, 558: tigris etiam feris ceteris truculenta, Plin. 8, 4, 5, § 10.
      Hence, subst.: Trŭcŭlentus, i, m., a play by Plautus, Cic. Sen. 14, 50; Varr. L. L. 7, 3.
      Comp.: nulla Getis gens est truculentior, Ov. P. 2, 7, 31: quo truculentior visu foret, Tac. H. 4, 22: feta truculentior ursa, Ov. M. 13, 803: Armeniam invasit truculentior quam antea, Tac. A. 12, 50.
    2. 2. Of things: truculentis oculis, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 21: aequor, wild, stormy, Cat. 64, 179: vocibus truculentis strepere, wild, tumultuous, mutinous, Tac. A. 1, 25.
      Subst.: trŭcŭlenta, ōrum, fierce conduct or language: truculenta pelagi tulistis, Cat. 63, 16; cf. caeli, Tac. A. 2, 24: truculenta loquens, Ov. M. 13, 558.
      Sup.: truculentissimum ac nefarium facinus, Auct. Her. 4, 8, 12.
      Adv.: trŭcŭlentē or trŭcŭ-lenter, savagely, fiercely, ferociously: nolite truculenter insequi inania verba populorum, Cassiod. Var. 1, 13; Ven. Fort. Vit. S. Mart. 4, 541.
      Comp.: quod truculentius se gereret quam ceteri, Cic. Agr. 2, 5, 13: instans, Val. Max. 3, 8, 5.
      Sup.: quam potuit truculentissime eum aspexit, Quint. 6, 1, 43.

trŭdis, is, f. [trudo], a pointed pole, a pike: ferratae, Verg. A. 5, 208; cf.: trudes hastae sunt cum lunato ferro, Isid. Orig. 18, 7.

trūdo, si, sum, 3, v. a. [cf. Sanscr, tard-, to split], to thrust, push, shove; to crowd or shove forward; to press on, drive, impel (class.; syn.: pello, expello).

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. In gen.: vis haec quidem hercle est et trahi et trudi simul, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 92: quas mihi tenebras trudis? id. Ep. 3, 4, 40: trudit et impellit, Lucr. 6, 1032: adverso trudere monte saxum, id. 3, 1000: montem pectore, Verg. G. 3, 373: (hostes) trudunt adversos, Tac. A. 2, 11: glaciem cum flumina trudunt, Verg. G. 1, 310: ille hinc trudetur largus lacrimarum foras, Plaut. As. 3, 1, 30: apros in plagas, Hor. Epod. 2, 31: ad proelia inertem, id. Ep. 1, 5, 17: semet in arma, Tac. H. 5, 25.
    2. B. In partic., of growth, to push forth, put forth, send forth (poet.): (pampinus) trudit gemmas, Verg. G. 2, 335: se de cortice (gemmae), id. ib. 2, 74: truditur e sicco radix oleagina ligno, id. ib. 2, 31: offenso truditur igne latex, Claud. de Apono, 13.
  2. II. Trop.: secundae res laetitiă transvorsum trudere solent a recte consulendo atque intellegendo, Cato ap. Gell. 7, 3, 14: ad mortem trudi, Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 71: in quae (comitia) omnibus invitis trudit noster Magnus Auli filium, puts forward (to bring him into office), id. Att. 1, 16, 12: quo ne trudamur, di immortales nos admonent, id. Har. Resp. 28, 61: in vitia alter alterum trudimus, Sen. Ep. 41, 7: semel in arma trusos, Tac. H. 5, 25: truditur dies die, Hor, C. 2, 18, 15, cf.: sic vita truditur, is hurried on, Petr 82: fallacia Alia aliam trudit, presses hard upon, closely follows the other, Ter. And. 4, 4, 40.

Trŭentum, i, n., a town of Picenum, on the river Truentus (now Tronto), Plin. 3, 13, 18, § 110.
Hence, Trŭentīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Truentum, Truentine: Castrum, another name for Truentum, Pompon. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12, B, 1: turres, Sil. 8, 435.
Plur. subst.: Trŭentī-ni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Truentum, the Truentines, Plin. 3, 15, 20, § 116.

trūgŏnus, i, m., = trygon, the stingray, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 71.

trulla, ae, f. dim. [trua].

  1. I. Lit., a small ladle, dipper, or scoop (esp. for dipping wine from the crater into the drinking-cups), Varr. L. L. 5, § 118; Cato, R. R. 13, 2 sq.; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 27, § 62 sq.; Hor. S. 2, 3, 144; Mart. 9, 97, 1; Plin. 37, 2, 7. § 20; Dig. 34, 2, 36 al.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. A scoop-shaped fire-pan, Liv. 37, 11, 13.
    2. B. A mason’s trowel, Pall. 1, 15; 1, 13, 2.
    3. C. = trulleum, a basin, wash-basin, Juv. 3, 108.

trullĕum (trullĭum), i, n. [trulla], a basin, wash-basin, Varr. L. L. 5, 25, 34; id. ap. Non. 547, 6; Cato, R. R. 10, 2.
Called also trullĕus, i, m., Plin. 34, 2, 3, § 7; and trullĭo, ōnis, m., Plin. Val. 3, 38.

trullissātĭo, ōnis, f. [trullisso], a trowelling, i. e. rough casting, plastering, Vitr. 7, 3; 7, 4.

trullisso, āre, v. a. [trulla, II. B.], to plaster, rough-cast: parietes, Vitr. 7, 3; 7, 4; 5, 10.

trullĭum, ii, v. trulleum.

* truncātĭo, ōnis, f. [trunco], a maiming or mutilating by cutting off: digitorum, Cod. Th. 7, 13, 5.

trunco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [2. truncus],

  1. I. to maim, mutilate, mangle, or shorten by cutting off, to cut off (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn.: mutilo, amputo): truncata simulacra deum, Liv. 31, 30, 7: statuis regis truncatis, id. 31, 23, 10: truncat olus foliis, strips, cuts off the leaves, Ov. M. 8, 647: truncato ex vulneribus corpore, Tac. A. 1, 17; cf. id. H. 3, 33: truncatā corporis parte, partem corporis, Just. 11, 14, 11; 15, 3, 4: cadavera, Luc. 6, 584: caput, id. 6, 566: lacertos, Claud. ap. Ruf. 2, 411: frontem, i. e. to deprive of an eye, Sil. 4, 541: manibusque truncatus et armis, deprived of his hands and weapons, Claud. B. Get. 88: quia antiquum illud (signum) vetustate truncatum est, Plin. Ep. 9, 39, 4: truncatis arboribus, Suet. Calig. 45 init.
    Poet., transf.: aquas, to cut apart, rend asunder, separate, Claud. Gigant. 70: heroos tenores gressu, i. e. to shorten hexameters into pentameters, Stat. S. 2, 3, 98.
    Pregn.: cervos, i. e. to kill, Val. Fl. 6, 567; Amm. 15, 4, 11.
  2. II. Trop.: tunc omnibus fere membris erat truncata respublica, Eum. Pan. Const. Caes. 10.

truncŭlus, i, m. dim. [1. truncus], a small piece cut off from the body, a bit, tip: suum, pigs’ trotters, pettitoes, Cels. 2, 20; 2, 22; 4, 7 fin.

1. truncus, a, um, adj [root tark-, truc-, to break, tear; cf. torqueo], maimed, mutilated, mangled, dismembered, disfigured, deprived of some of its parts (mostly poet. and perh. not ante-Aug.; syn.: mutilus, mancus).

  1. I. Lit.: trunca manu pinus regit (Polyphemum), i. e. the trunk of a pinetree, Verg. A. 3, 659: trunca illa et retorrida manus Mucii, Sen. Ep. 66, 51: nemora, i. e. trees stripped of their branches, Stat. Th. 4, 455: truncas mhonesto vulnere nares, Verg. A. 6, 497: vultus naribus auribusque, Mart. 2, 83, 3: frons, deprived of its horn, Ov. M. 9, 1; 9, 86; Sil. 3, 42: frontem lumina truncam, deprived of its eyes, id. 9, 400: bracchia non habuit, truncoque repandus in undas Corpore desiluit, deprived of its limbs, Ov. M. 3, 680; cf. Just. 2, 9, 19: puerum trunci corporis in agro Romano natum, Liv. 41, 9, 5: varie ex integris truncos gigni, ex truncis integros, Plin. 7, 11, 10, § 50: tela, i.e. broken in pieces, Verg. A. 11, 9; cf.: trunci enses et fractae hastae, Stat. Th. 2, 711: truncum lignum, i. e. hasta fracta, Val. Fl. 6, 251: membra carmae, Ov M. 11, 560; cf. alnus, without oars, Val. Fl. 2, 300: truncae atque mutilae litterae, Gell. 17, 9, 12: exta, Val. Max. 1, 6, 9.
          1. (β) Poet., with gen.: animalia trunca pedum, without feet, Verg. G. 4, 310: truncus capitis, Sil 10, 311.
    1. B. Transf.
      1. 1. Of things, not developed, imperfect, or wanting in their parts: quaedam imperfecta (animalia) suisque Trunca vident numeris, Ov. M. 1, 428: ranae pedibus, id. ib. 15, 376: ipse (nanus) jactabat truncas manus, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 42
      2. 2. Of members cut off: bracchia, Val. Fl. 4, 181: manus, Sen. Contr 1, 4.
  2. II. Trop., maimed, mutilated: (Capua) urbs trunca, sine senatu, sine plebe, sine magistratibus, Liv. 31, 29, 11: pecus, without a leader, Stat. Th. 5, 333: manus vero, sine quibus trunca esset actio ac debilis, vix dici potest, quot motus habeant, Quint. 11, 3, 85: trunca et debilis medicina (sine rerum naturae cognitione), Cels. praef.: sermo (volucrum), Stat. Th. 12, 478: trunca quaedam ex Menandro, fragments, Gell. 2, 23, 21.
    Hence, subst.:

2. truncus, i, m., the stem, stock, bole, or trunk of a tree (without regard to its branches).

  1. I. Lit.: cibusPer truncos ac per ramos diffunditur omnes, Lucr. 1, 353: quid? in arboribus, in quibus non truncus, non rami, non folia sunt denique, nisi, etc., Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 179; cf. id. Sen. 15, 52; id. N. D. 2, 47, 120; id. Lael. 13, 48; Caes. B. G. 4, 17; 7, 73, Verg. G. 2, 78; 3, 233; Hor S. 1, 8, 1; id. C. 2, 17, 27; 3, 4, 55; Ov. M. 2, 358; 8, 346; id. H. 9, 93; Col. Arb. 17, 1; Sen. Ep. 86, 17.
    1. B. Transf.
      1. 1. Of the human body, the trunk, the body, apart from the limbs: status erectus et celsus, nullā mollitiā cervicum: trunco magis toto se ipse moderans, Cic. Or. 18, 59: nemo illum ex trunco corporis spectabat, id. Rosc. Com. 10, 28: recto pugnat se attollere trunco, Ov. M. 2, 822; cf. id. ib. 7, 640: et caput abscisum calido viventeque trunco, Lucr. 3, 654: jacet litore truncus. Verg. A. 2, 557.
      2. 2. Of a column.
          1. (α) The shaft, Vitr. 4, 1 med.
          2. (β) The cubical trunk of a pedestal, the die or dado, Vitr. 3, 3; cf. Plin. 16, 40, 76, § 201.
      3. 3. A piece cut off, as a branch of a tree for an our: frondentes, Val. Fl. 8, 287; a piece of flesh for smoking (cf. trunculus), Verg. M. 57.
      4. 4. Like caudex, stipes, and the Engl. stock, for blockhead, dunce, dolt: quī potest esse in ejusmodi trunco sapientia? Cic. N. D. 1, 30, 84: tamquam truncus atque stipes, id. Pis. 9, 19.
  2. * II. Trop., a trunk, stem: quae (stirpes aegritudinis) ipso trunco everso omnes eligendae (elidendae, Kühn.) sunt, Cic. Tusc. 3, 34, 83.

trŭo, ōnis, m., = avis onocrotalus: Caecilius irridens magnitudinem nasi: pro di immortales, unde prorepsit truo? Fest. p. 367 Müll.

trūsātĭlis, e, adj. [truso], that is or may be pushed: mola, a hand-mill, Cato, R. R. 10, 4; 11, 4; Gell. 3, 3, 14.

* trūsĭto, āre, v. freq. a. [truso], to push or thrust often: mulum trusitant, Phaedr. 2, 7, 8 (al. trucidant).

* trūso, āre, v. freq. a. [trudo], to push often or strongly, Cat. 56, 6.

trūsus, a, um, Part. of trudo.

trŭtĭna, ae, f. [τρυτάνη], a balance, pair of scales (cf.: lanx, statera).

  1. I. Lit., Varr. L. L. 5, § 183 Müll.; id. ap. Non. 180, 32: ex trutinis quae staterae dicuntur, Vitr. 10, 8.
  2. II. Trop.: ad ea probanda quae non aurificis staterā, sed quādam populari trutinā examinantur, * Cic. de Or. 2, 38, 159: Romani pensantur eādem Scriptores trutinā, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 30; id. S. 1, 3, 72: aliā parte in trutinā suspendit Homerum, Juv. 6, 437: examenve inprobum in illā castiges trutinā, Pers. 1, 7.

trŭtĭnātor, ōris, m. [trutinor], a weigher; only trop., one who examines, judges: ut civilia negotia aequus trutinator examines, Cassiod. Var. 6, 23; Ennod. Epigr. 1, 1; 2, 19.

trŭtĭno, āre, 1, v. a., and trŭtĭnor, ātus, 1, v. dep. a. [trutina]

  1. I. Dep. form, to weigh, balance (syn. pensito).
    Trop.: verba, Pers. 3, 82.
  2. II. Act., Hier. Ep. 36, 14: diu trutinandus est, cui traduntur examina, Cassiod. Var. 5, 40.
    1. B. trŭtĭnā-tus, a, um, in a pass. signif., Sid. Ep. 7, 9.

trux, ŭcis (abl. usually truci, but truce in Cic. Agr. 2, 25; Ov. Tr. 4, 7, 14), adj. [perh. τρύξ, new, unfermented wine; hence, trop.], wild, rough, hard, harsh, savage, fierce, ferocious, grim, stern (mostly poet.; cf.; truculentus, torvus).

  1. I. Of living beings: horridus ac trux tribunus plebis, Cic. Agr. 2, 25, 65: M. Catonem oratorem non solum gravem sed interdum etiam trucem esse scimus, Liv. 34, 5, 6: insectator, id. 3, 33, 7: puer, i. e. Achilles, Sen. Troad. 832: puellae, i. e. Amazons, id. Oedip. 479: tyrannus, id. Herc. Fur. 937: arietes, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 29: ferae, Tib. 1, 9, 76: aper, Ov. M. 10, 715: taurus, id. ib. 7, 111; 8, 297; 9, 81: Theron, id. ib. 3, 211: blattae, ravaging, Mart. 14, 37, 2 et saep.
          1. * (β) With inf.: trux audere, bold, daring, Sil. 13, 220.
  2. II. Of things concrete and abstract: (testudo) aspectu truci, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 64, 133 (Trag. Rel. v. 3 Rib.): oculi (draconis), Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 42, 107: vultus, Hor. Epod. 5, 4: quemque vocant aliae vultum rigidumque trucemque, Ov. H. 4, 73: voltu truci, Liv. 45, 10, 8: faciesque truces oculique minaces, Luc. 7, 291: pelagus, Hor. C. 1, 3, 10: venti, Plin. 2, 36, 36, § 100: Eurus, Ov M. 15, 603: classicum, Hor. Epod. 2, 5: truci cantu, Liv. 5, 37, 8: sonor, Tac. A. 1, 65: vox, Sil. 1, 67: herbae tactu, Plin. 22, 6, 7, § 17: per lucos vetustā religione truces, Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 229: animus, Ov. A. A. 2, 477: sententia, Liv. 29, 19, 4: genus dicendi trux atque violentum, Quint. 11, 1, 3: inimicitiae, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 49: eloquentia, Tac. A. 6, 48: oratio, id. H 4, 42.
    Comp. and sup. given without examples in Rhemn. Palaem. p. 1369 P.
    Hence, trŭcĭter, adv., fiercely (late Lat.), Aldh. Laud. Virg. 35.