shorten
shorten
v. trans.
P. and V. συντέμνειν, συστέλλειν, κολούειν, P. εἰς ἔλασσον συντέμνειν.
Shorten sail: see furl.
v. trans.
P. and V. συντέμνειν, συστέλλειν, κολούειν, P. εἰς ἔλασσον συντέμνειν.
Shorten sail: see furl.
SHORTEN
curtare: decurtare (with the idea of maiming or mangling): detrahere aliquid (in respect of number): contrahere (e.g. orationem): in angustum cogere (to contract abridge; e.g. commentarios Sen. Ep. 39 1): amputare (general term to cut shorter; e.g. orationem): imminuere (to abridge the number of syllables in pronouncing a word as audisse for audivisse Cic. Or. 47 in.): notare (to abbreviate in writing).
curtare: decurtare (with the idea of maiming or mangling): detrahere aliquid (in respect of number): contrahere (e.g. orationem): in angustum cogere (to contract abridge; e.g. commentarios Sen. Ep. 39 1): amputare (general term to cut shorter; e.g. orationem): imminuere (to abridge the number of syllables in pronouncing a word as audisse for audivisse Cic. Or. 47 in.): notare (to abbreviate in writing).
shorten (v.):
A. Trans.:
1. contrăho, xi, ctum, 3: and now mid-day had s.'d the shadows of things, jamque dies medius rerum contraxerat umbras, Ov. M. 3, 144: to s. the times for speaking, tempora dicendi c., Quint. 6, 5, 4.
2. coarcto (coarto), 1 (to limit): to s. the time for celebrating the nuptials, tempus sponsas habendi c., Suet. Aug. 34; to s. the consulships of the others, consulatus aliorum c., Tac. H. 2, 71.
3. more freq. expr.. by circuml.: (winter) s.s the days, *dies breviores facit s. reddit: to s. the time of speaking, *dicendi tempus angustius reddere: v.SHORT . Phr.: to s. syllables, syllaba corripere, Quint. 1, 5, 18. See also TO ABRIDGE , CONTRACT , DIMINISH .
B. Intrans.: expr. by pass. refl. of verbs under (A); or act. with pron. refl.: the days s. gradually, *sensim dies breviores fiunt, redduntur: human life has s.'d, *hominum vitae spatium in angustius coactum est.
A. Trans.:
1. contrăho, xi, ctum, 3: and now mid-day had s.'d the shadows of things, jamque dies medius rerum contraxerat umbras, Ov. M. 3, 144: to s. the times for speaking, tempora dicendi c., Quint. 6, 5, 4.
2. coarcto (coarto), 1 (to limit): to s. the time for celebrating the nuptials, tempus sponsas habendi c., Suet. Aug. 34; to s. the consulships of the others, consulatus aliorum c., Tac. H. 2, 71.
3. more freq. expr.. by circuml.: (winter) s.s the days, *dies breviores facit s. reddit: to s. the time of speaking, *dicendi tempus angustius reddere: v.
B. Intrans.: expr. by pass. refl. of verbs under (A); or act. with pron. refl.: the days s. gradually, *sensim dies breviores fiunt, redduntur: human life has s.'d, *hominum vitae spatium in angustius coactum est.