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cauterio

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Late Latin cautērium, from Ancient Greek καυτήριον (kautḗrion).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kawˈtɛ.rjo/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrjo
  • Hyphenation: cau‧tè‧rio

Noun

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cauterio m (plural cauteri)

  1. cautery
  2. cauterization

Further reading

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  • cauterio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

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Etymology

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From cautērium +‎ .

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

  1. to brand (with a branding iron)

Conjugation

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References

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

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin cauterium (branding iron), from Ancient Greek καυτήριον (kautḗrion).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kauˈteɾjo/ [kau̯ˈt̪e.ɾjo]
  • Rhymes: -eɾjo
  • Syllabification: cau‧te‧rio

Noun

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cauterio m (plural cauterios)

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