C / curto
verb transitive

curto

2nd PP curtāre · 3rd PP curtāvi · 4th PP curtātum · conj. 1st
to shorten, diminish
to shorten, diminish (not ante-Aug., and very rare): aliquid, Cels. 7, 9: radices, Pall. Feb. 10, 3.—
to diminish figuratively
Trop., to diminish: rem, Pers. 6, 34; cf.: Quantulum enim summae curtabit quisque dierum, Hor. S. 2, 3, 124.