offoco
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From ob- + faucēs (“throat”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ofˈfoː.koː/, [ɔfˈfoːkoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ofˈfo.ko/, [ofˈfɔːko]
Verb
offōcō (present infinitive offōcāre, perfect active offōcāvī, supine offōcātum); first conjugation
- (transitive) I strangle, throttle, choke, suffocate.
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References
- “offoco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- offoco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.