curtus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)k(ʷ)Art-, *(s)k(ʷ)Ard- (“short”). Cognate with Scots short, schort (“short”), Old High German scurz (Middle High German schurz, “short”), Old Norse skorta (Danish skorte, “to lack”), Albanian shkurt (“short, brief”), English short. More at shirt.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈkur.tus/

Adjective

curtus m (feminine curta, neuter curtum); first/second declension

1. shortened, short
2. mutilated, broken, incomplete

Inflection

Number	Singular				Plural
Case \ Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	curtus	curta	curtum		curtī	curtae	curta
genitive	curtī	curtae	curtī		curtōrum	curtārum	curtōrum
dative	curtō	curtae	curtō		curtīs	curtīs	curtīs
accusative	curtum	curtam	curtum		curtōs	curtās	curta
ablative	curtō	curtā	curtō		curtīs	curtīs	curtīs
vocative	curte	curta	curtum		curtī	curtae	curta

Related terms

• curtō

Descendants

Aromanian: shcurtu Catalan: curt Dalmatian: cort English: curt French: court Friulian: curt Galician: corto German: kurz Italian: corto

Middle Dutch: cort Danish kort Dutch kort Norwegian kort Swedish kort Portuguese curto Romanian: scurt Romansch: curt Sicilian: curtu Spanish: corto