mascarpio

Latin

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Etymology

From mas (“man”) +‎ carpō (“to pluck, pick”) +‎ -iō.

Pronunciation

Noun

mascarpiō f (genitive mascarpiōnis); third declension

  1. (hapax legomenon) the act of beating the penis with a wand (dubious)
    • c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 134:
      Ingemuī ego utique propter mascarpiōnem, lacrimīsque ūbertim mānantibus obscūrātum dextrā caput super pulvīnum inclināvī.
      I groaned anyway because of the beating, and with abundantly flowing tears I leaned my head hidden with the right hand on the pillow.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative mascarpiō mascarpiōnēs
genitive mascarpiōnis mascarpiōnum
dative mascarpiōnī mascarpiōnibus
accusative mascarpiōnem mascarpiōnēs
ablative mascarpiōne mascarpiōnibus
vocative mascarpiō mascarpiōnēs

References

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