offoco
Latin
Alternative forms
- obfōcō, offūcō, officō
Etymology
From ob- + fōc- (“throat”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔfˈfoː.koː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ofˈfɔː.ko]
Verb
offōcō (present infinitive offōcāre, perfect active offōcāvī, supine offōcātum); first conjugation
Conjugation
Conjugation of offōcō (first conjugation)
Synonyms
Related terms
Descendants
Reflexes of the late variant officāre:
Reflexes of an assumed variant *affōcāre:
- Italo-Romance:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
References
- Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “ahogar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 87
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “ŏffōcare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 7: N–Pas, page 337
Further reading
- “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.