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cremo
cremo
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“to burn”). Cognate to Latin carbō (“charcoal”), English hearth.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkre.moː/, [ˈkrɛ.moː]
Verb
cremō (present infinitive cremāre, perfect active cremāvī, supine cremātum); first conjugation
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References
- cremo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cremo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cremo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to perish in the flames: igni cremari, necari
- to burn a corpse: aliquem mortuum cremare (Sen. 23. 84)
- to perish in the flames: igni cremari, necari