colaphizo
Latin
editEtymology
editLate 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 Latin) IPA(key): /ko.laˈpʰiz.zoː/, [kɔɫ̪äˈpʰɪz̪d̪͡z̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ko.laˈfid.d͡zo/, [koläˈfid̪ː͡z̪o]
Verb
editcolaphizō (present infinitive colaphizāre, perfect active colaphizāvī, supine colaphizātum); first conjugation
- (Late Latin) to cuff (box someone's ears)
Conjugation
editReferences
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.