carnifico
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom carnifex (“butcher, executioner”) + -ō.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /karˈni.fi.koː/, [kärˈnɪfɪkoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /karˈni.fi.ko/, [kärˈniːfiko]
Verb
editcarnificō (present infinitive carnificāre, supine carnificātum); first conjugation, no perfect stem
- to execute, behead
- (passive voice) to be cut to pieces, mangled
Conjugation
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editReferences
edit- “carnifico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “carnifico”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers