suffoco
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From sub- + fōc- (“throat”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /sufˈfoː.koː/, [s̠ʊfˈfoːkoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sufˈfo.ko/, [sufˈfɔːko]
Verb[edit]
suffōcō (present infinitive suffōcāre, perfect active suffōcāvī, supine suffōcātum); first conjugation
Usage notes[edit]
To convey the verb "suffocate" in the sense of "suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body," one must use the passive voice; the active voice is said of someone who causes another to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body.
Conjugation[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Italo-Romance:
- North Italian:
- Borrowings:
References[edit]
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “suffocare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 12: Sk–š, page 414
Further reading[edit]
- “suffoco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “suffoco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- suffoco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- suffoco in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016