colaphizo
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Late Latin borrowing from Ancient Greek κολαφίζω (kolaphízō, “I slap, buffett”), from κόλαφος (kólaphos, “a slap”) (whence Classical colaphus) from κόνδυλος (kóndulos, “knuckle”) (whence Classical condylus).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ko.laˈpʰiz.zoː/, [kɔɫ̪äˈpʰɪz̪d̪͡z̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ko.laˈfid.d͡zo/, [koläˈfid̪ː͡z̪o]
Verb
[edit]colaphizō (present infinitive colaphizāre, perfect active colaphizāvī, supine colaphizātum); first conjugation
- (Late Latin) to cuff (box someone's ears)
Conjugation
[edit]References
[edit]- “colaphizo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- colaphizo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.