carnificina

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Latin

Etymology

From carnifex (“executioner, tormentor”) +‎ -īna.

Pronunciation

Noun

carnificīna f (genitive carnificīnae); first declension

  1. the office of executioner
  2. capital punishment
  3. torture, torment

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative carnificīna carnificīnae
genitive carnificīnae carnificīnārum
dative carnificīnae carnificīnīs
accusative carnificīnam carnificīnās
ablative carnificīnā carnificīnīs
vocative carnificīna carnificīnae

References

  • “carnificina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “carnificina”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin carnificīna.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: car‧ni‧fi‧ci‧na

Noun

carnificina f (plural carnificinas)

  1. massacre, carnage, butchery
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