trunculus

truncŭlus, i, m. dim. [1. truncus],

• a small piece cut off from the body, a bit, tip: suum, pigs’ trotters, pettitoes, Cels. 2, 20; 2, 22; 4, 7 fin.

trunculus, ī, m. (Demin. v. truncus), das abgehauene Stückchen von den Teilen der Tiere (bes. der Schweine), die bald nach dem Schlachten abgehauen werden (Füße, Ohren, Schwanz), trunculi suum, Schweinsknöchelchen, Cels. 2, 20 u. 22: summa trunculorum, Cels. 4, 14 (7) extr.

trunculus [CL] 1 short trunk or stem. b short stump or shaft. truncus ‥ inde hic ~us, -i Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 588; mater in virginis plantatur trunculo Walt. Wimb. Carm. 65; ~us, a lytyl waste WW.  b [lancea] confracta ‥ in terram decidit, tantum ~o quem manu claudebat ei remanente Gir. IK II 12 p. 143. 2 (mon.) stool (for chastisement or punishment of penitent). quando aliquis fratrum sentencialiter ad ~um sive scabellum ponitur Cust. Westm. 200; vel in levi culpa seu super ~um vel in aliqua alia gravi et manifesta sententia non debent accipere disciplinam ‥ eodem modo ille qui sedet super ~um (Cust. Bury St. E.) HBS XCIX 86.

truncŭlus, ī, m. , tronçon : Cels. Med. 2, 20 ; 2, 22, etc.