comburo

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Italian

Verb

comburo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of comburere

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ ūrō. The -b- was inserted by analogy with ambūrō. Alternatively directly from co- +‎ ambūrō.

Pronunciation

Verb

combūrō (present infinitive combūrere, perfect active combussī, supine combustum); third conjugation

  1. to burn up
  2. to consume (with fire)
  3. to cremate
  4. to scald

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Italian: comburere
  • Old French: comburir
  • English: combust

References

  • comburo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • comburo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • comburo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.