mascarpio

Latin

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Etymology

From mas (“man”) +‎ carpō (“to pluck, pick”) +‎ -iō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /masˈkar.pi.oː/, [mäs̠ˈkärpioː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /masˈkar.pi.o/, [mäsˈkärpio]

Noun

mascarpiō f (genitive mascarpiōnis); third declension

(hapax) the act of beating the penis with a wand (dubious)
- c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 134:
  Ingemuī ego utique propter mascarpiōnem, lacrimīsque ūbertim mānantibus obscūrātum dextrā caput super pulvīnum inclināvī.
  I groaned anyway because of the beating, and with abundantly flowing tears I leaned my head hidden with the right hand on the pillow.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	mascarpiō	mascarpiōnēs
genitive	mascarpiōnis	mascarpiōnum
dative	mascarpiōnī	mascarpiōnibus
accusative	mascarpiōnem	mascarpiōnēs
ablative	mascarpiōne	mascarpiōnibus
vocative	mascarpiō	mascarpiōnēs

References

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