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
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..."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..."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..."