carnifico

Latin

Etymology

carnifex (“butcher, executioner”) +‎ -ficō

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /karˈni.fi.koː/, [kärˈnɪfɪkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /karˈni.fi.ko/, [kärˈniːfiko]

Verb

carnificō (present infinitive carnificāre, supine carnificātum); first conjugation, no perfect stem

1. to execute, behead
2. (passive voice) to be cut to pieces, mangled

Conjugation

Conjugation of carnificō (first conjugation, no perfect stem)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	carnificō	carnificās	carnificat	carnificāmus	carnificātis	carnificant
	imperfect	carnificābam	carnificābās	carnificābat	carnificābāmus	carnificābātis	carnificābant
	future	carnificābō	carnificābis	carnificābit	carnificābimus	carnificābitis	carnificābunt
passive	present	carnificor	carnificāris, carnificāre	carnificātur	carnificāmur	carnificāminī	carnificantur
	imperfect	carnificābar	carnificābāris, carnificābāre	carnificābātur	carnificābāmur	carnificābāminī	carnificābantur
	future	carnificābor	carnificāberis, carnificābere	carnificābitur	carnificābimur	carnificābiminī	carnificābuntur
	perfect	carnificātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	carnificātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	carnificātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	carnificem	carnificēs	carnificet	carnificēmus	carnificētis	carnificent
	imperfect	carnificārem	carnificārēs	carnificāret	carnificārēmus	carnificārētis	carnificārent
passive	present	carnificer	carnificēris, carnificēre	carnificētur	carnificēmur	carnificēminī	carnificentur
	imperfect	carnificārer	carnificārēris, carnificārēre	carnificārētur	carnificārēmur	carnificārēminī	carnificārentur
	perfect	carnificātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	carnificātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	carnificā	—	—	carnificāte	—
	future	—	carnificātō	carnificātō	—	carnificātōte	carnificantō
passive	present	—	carnificāre	—	—	carnificāminī	—
	future	—	carnificātor	carnificātor	—	—	carnificantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		carnificāre	—	carnificātūrum esse	carnificārī	carnificātum esse	carnificātum īrī
participles		carnificāns	—	carnificātūrus	—	carnificātus	carnificandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		carnificandī	carnificandō	carnificandum	carnificandō	carnificātum	carnificātū

Derived terms

• excarnificō

Related terms

• carnifex
• carnificīna

References

• “carnifico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “carnifico”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers