cyphonismus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κυφωνισμός (kuphōnismós), from κύφων (kúphōn, “wooden collar, bent yoke”) + -ισμός (-ismós, abstract noun suffix). See English cyphonism for more.

Noun

cyphōnismus m sg (genitive cyphōnismī); second declension

1. (New Latin) cyphonism (method of punishment)
   • 1606, Clarii Bonarscii Amphitheatrum Honoris […], page 323:

     Scaphismum et cyphonismum, / Flammas atque rotas inducunt in pia Christi / Membra […]

     To scaphism and cyphonism, / Fire and wheels they subject Christ’s pious / Members […]

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	cyphōnismus
genitive	cyphōnismī
dative	cyphōnismō
accusative	cyphōnismum
ablative	cyphōnismō
vocative	cyphōnisme