abacino
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Possibly formed from ab- + bacīnum (“basin”) or bacīnus, from baccus (“container, vessel”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈba.ki.noː/, [äˈbäkɪnoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈba.t͡ʃi.no/, [äˈbäːt͡ʃino]
Verb edit
abacinō (present infinitive abacināre, perfect active abacināvī, supine abacinātum); first conjugation
- to make blind, blind, remove the power of sight, especially by using a red-hot iron rod or basin
- 1741, Ludovico Antonio Muratori, Antiquitates italicæ medii ævi, volume 4, page 985:
- Filios Tancredi abacinavit; filias vero liberas dimiſit.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation edit
Synonyms edit
- (make blind): excaecō
Descendants edit
- English: abacinate
- Italian: abbacinare
Portuguese edit
Verb edit
abacino