carnificum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →carnificus, carnifica, carnificum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
butchering;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →carnifex, (gen.), carnificis:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
tormenting, torturing; murderous, killing; deadly;
gen. pl. (all) - Entry →carnifex, carnificis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
executioner, hangman; murderer, butcher, torturer; scoundrel, villain;
gen. pl.
Examples
Asinaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...boni improviso, verum commixtum malo: omnes de nobis carnificum concelebrabuntur dies. Libane, nunc audacia usust nobis inventa..."Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...Quid mihi gladios et ignes ostendis et turbam carnificum circa te frementem? Tolle istam pompam sub qua lates..."ad Marciam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...pectora receptus uetustatem nullam timet; at illorum carnificum cito scelera quoque, quibus solis memoriam meruerunt, tacebuntur. 5. Haec..."Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...consolabimur tam triste ergastulum, non adhortabimur ferre imperia carnificum: ostendemus in omni seruitute apertam libertati uiam. Is aeger..."de Tranquillitate Animi
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...senatus populusque senatui similis, coibat cotidie carnificum triste collegium et infelix curia tyrannis augusta. Poteratne illa ciuitas conquiescere..."Liber VI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...quasi aspiciens undantem per domos sanguinem aut manus carnificum. fine anni Poppaeus Sabinus concessit vita, modicus originis, principum..."