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Carnifex
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Car′ni-fex
,Noun.
[L., fr.
caro
, carnis
, flesh + facere
to make.] (Antiq.)
The public executioner at Rome, who executed persons of the lowest rank; hence, an executioner or hangman.
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carnifex
carnifex
English
Noun
carnifex (plural carnifexes)
- (rare, literary) an executioner
- (rare, literary) a butcher
Latin
Etymology
From carni(s) (“flesh”) + -fex (“suffix representing a maker or producer”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkar.ni.feks/, [ˈkar.nɪ.fɛks]
Noun
carnifex m (genitive carnificis); third declension
- butcher, knacker (one who slaughters and renders worn-out livestock)[1]
- executioner, hangman
- tormenter, murderer
- scoundrel, villain
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | carnifex | carnificēs |
| genitive | carnificis | carnificum |
| dative | carnificī | carnificibus |
| accusative | carnificem | carnificēs |
| ablative | carnifice | carnificibus |
| vocative | carnifex | carnificēs |
Descendants
- Portuguese: carnífice
- Spanish: carnífice
References
- carnifex in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- carnifex in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- CARNIFEX in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “carnifex”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- carnifex in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- ↑ Latin-English Dictionary, Genealogy.ro