carnificina

Latin

Etymology

From carnifex (“executioner, tormentor”) +‎ -īna.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kar.ni.fiˈkiː.na/, [kärnɪfɪˈkiːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kar.ni.fiˈt͡ʃi.na/, [kärnifiˈt͡ʃiːnä]

Noun

carnificīna f (genitive carnificīnae); first declension

1. the office of executioner
2. capital punishment
3. torture, torment

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	carnificīna	carnificīnae
Genitive	carnificīnae	carnificīnārum
Dative	carnificīnae	carnificīnīs
Accusative	carnificīnam	carnificīnās
Ablative	carnificīnā	carnificīnīs
Vocative	carnificīna	carnificīnae

Related terms

• carnifex
• carnificō

References

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin carnificīna.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaʁ.ni.fiˈsĩ.nɐ/ [kaɦ.ni.fiˈsĩ.nɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaʁ.ni.fiˈsĩ.nɐ/ [kaɦ.ni.fiˈsĩ.nɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kaɾ.ni.fiˈsĩ.nɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaʁ.ni.fiˈsĩ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaɻ.ni.fiˈsi.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾ.ni.fiˈsi.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: car‧ni‧fi‧ci‧na

Noun

carnificina f (plural carnificinas)

1. massacre, carnage, butchery