mascarpio

Latin

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /masˈkar.pi.oː/, [mäs̠ˈkärpioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /masˈkar.pi.o/, [mäsˈkärpio]

Noun

mascarpiō f (genitive mascarpiōnis); third declension

1. (hapax) 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.

Case	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.