Italian

Noun

cauterio m ‎(plural cauteri)

1. cautery
2. cauterization

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kau̯ˈteː.ri.oː/

Verb

cautēriō ‎(present infinitive cautēriāre, perfect active cautēriāvī, supine cautēriātum); first conjugation

1. I brand (with a branding iron)

Inflection

References

• cauterio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cauterio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cauterium ‎(“branding iron”), from Ancient Greek καυτήριον ‎(kautḗrion).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kauˈteɾjo/

Noun

cauterio m ‎(plural cauterios)

1. cautery
2. cauterization
3. (figuratively) something that effectively rightens or tackles an evil or wrong.

Related terms

• cauterizar
• cauterización