suffoco
Latin
Etymology
From sub (“under”) + faux (“the upper part of the throat, the pharynx”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /sufˈfoː.koː/, [s̠ʊfˈfoːkoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sufˈfo.ko/, [sufˈfɔːko]
Verb
suffōcō (present infinitive suffōcāre, perfect active suffōcāvī, supine suffōcātum); first conjugation
Conjugation
Descendants
References
- “suffoco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “suffoco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- suffoco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- suffoco in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016