carnificina
Latin
Etymology
From carnifex (“executioner, tormentor”) + -īna.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kar.nɪ.fɪˈkiː.na]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kar.ni.fiˈt͡ʃiː.na]
Noun
carnificīna f (genitive carnificīnae); first declension
- the office of executioner
- capital punishment
- torture, torment
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | carnificīna | carnificīnae |
| genitive | carnificīnae | carnificīnārum |
| dative | carnificīnae | carnificīnīs |
| accusative | carnificīnam | carnificīnās |
| ablative | carnificīnā | carnificīnīs |
| vocative | carnificīna | carnificīnae |
Related terms
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]
- (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)