carnufici
Dictionary entries
- Entry →carnuficus, carnufica, carnuficum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
butchering;
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.) - Entry →carnufex, (gen.), carnuficis:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
tormenting, torturing; murderous, killing; deadly;
abl. sg. (all)dat. sg. (all) - Entry →carnufex, carnuficis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
executioner, hangman; murderer, butcher, torturer; scoundrel, villain;
dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
- T
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quoque adserva ipsum, ne quo abitat; nam promisimus carnufici aut talentum magnum aut hunc hodie sistere. DAEM..." - T
Poenulus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...media via? iam hercle ego illum excruciandum totum carnufici dabo. sane genus hoc mulierosumst tunicis demissiciis. sed adire..."
