Lewis & Short

mŭtĭlus, a, um, adj. [μιτυλος or μύτιλος], maimed, mutilated (class.; syn.: truncus, curtus, mancus).

  1. I. Lit. So of those who cut off a thumb to escape military service, Cod. Th. 7, 13, 10: grabatulus uno pede mutilus, App. M. 1, p. 107, 19: naves (al. mutilatae), Liv. 37, 24: litterae, Gell. 17, 9, 12.
    Of horned animals which have lost one or both horns: bos, Varr. L. L. 9, § 33 Müll.: alces mutilae sunt cornibus, without horns, Caes. B. G. 6, 26: capella, Col. 7, 6.
    Hence jestingly, transf.: sic mutilus (i. e. exsecto cornu) minitaris? Hor. S. 1, 5, 60.
  2. II. Trop.: mutila et quasi decurtata (in oratione) sentire, Cic. Or. 53, 178: mutila quaedam et hiantia loqui, too briefly, id. ib. 9, 32.