amputans

Definitiones

1. cutting off
   declension-3, form-of, one-termination, participle, present
2. pruning: in horticulture, trimming or cutting back part of a plant to control its growth pattern, remove dead or diseased tissue, etc.
   declension-3, form-of, one-termination, participle, present

Aequivalentia

Exempla

“[…] quam serpentem multiplicī lāpsū et errāticō ferrō amputāns coercet ars agricolārum, nē silvēscat sarmentīs et in omnīs partīs nimia fundātur.”

Yet, as [a vine] creeps with a manifold and wandering glide, the skill of farmers restrains it by pruning with the knife, lest it turn into a wild thicket of shoots and spread out excessively in every direction.

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