cauterio

Borrowed from Late Latin cautērium, from Ancient Greek καυτήριον (kautḗrion).

• IPA^(key): /kawˈtɛ.rjo/
• Rhymes: -ɛrjo
• Hyphenation: cau‧tè‧rio

cauterio m (plural cauteri)

1. cautery
2. cauterization

• cauterio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• caustēriō

From cautērium +‎ -ō.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kau̯ˈteː.ri.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kau̯ˈt̪ɛː.ri.o]

cautēriō (present infinitive cautēriāre, perfect active cautēriāvī, supine cautēriātum); first conjugation

1. (Late Latin) to brand (with a branding iron)

cautēriō

1. dative/ablative singular of cautērium

• “cauterio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cauterio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Borrowed from Latin cauterium (“branding iron”), from Ancient Greek καυτήριον (kautḗrion).

• IPA^(key): /kauˈteɾjo/ [kau̯ˈt̪e.ɾjo]
• Rhymes: -eɾjo
• Syllabification: cau‧te‧rio

cauterio m (plural cauterios)

1. cautery
2. cauterization
3. (figuratively) something that effectively rightens or tackles an evil or wrong

• “cauterio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024