colaphizo
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Late Latin borrowing from Ancient Greek κολαφίζω (kolaphízō, “I slap, buffett”), from κόλαφος (kólaphos, “a slap”) (whence Classical colaphus) from κόνδυλος (kóndulos, “knuckle”) (whence Classical condylus).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ko.laˈpʰiz.zoː/, [kɔɫ̪äˈpʰɪz̪d̪͡z̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ko.laˈfid.d͡zo/, [koläˈfid̪ː͡z̪o]
Verb edit
colaphizō (present infinitive colaphizāre, perfect active colaphizāvī, supine colaphizātum); first conjugation
- (Late Latin) to cuff (box someone's ears)
Conjugation edit
References edit
- “colaphizo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- colaphizo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.