carnificer
Dictionary entries
- Entry →carnificor, carnificari, -:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
execute; behead; butcher; cut in pieces, mangle;
sg. pres. subj. 1st - Entry →carnifico, carnificare, carnificavi, carnificatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
execute; behead; butcher; cut in pieces, mangle;
sg. pres. pass. subj. 1st
Examples
- T
Liber III
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...carcer et horribilis de saxo iactus deorsum, verbera carnifices robur pix lammina taedae; quae tamen etsi absunt..." - D
Satura VIII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...iacentem, permixtum nautis et furibus ac fugitiuis, inter carnifices et fabros sandapilarum et resupinati cessantia tympana galli. aequa..." - P
Liber VI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...quia triumvirali supplicio adfici virginem inauditum habebatur, a carnifice laqueum iuxta compressam; exim oblisis faucibus id aetatis corpora..."