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Latin
Etymology
Late Latin borrowing from Ancient Greek κολαφίζω (kolaphízō, “I slap, buffett”), from κόλαφος (kólaphos, “a slap”) (whence Classical colaphus) from κόνδυλος (kóndulos, “knuckle”) (whence Classical condylus).
Pronunciation
Verb
colaphizō (present infinitive colaphizāre, perfect active colaphizāvī, supine colaphizātum); first conjugation
- (Late Latin) to cuff (box someone's ears)
Conjugation
References
- “colaphizo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- colaphizo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.