praefoco
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Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From prae- + fōc- (“throat”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /prae̯ˈfoː.koː/, [präe̯ˈfoːkoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /preˈfo.ko/, [preˈfɔːko]
Verb
[edit]praefōcō (present infinitive praefōcāre, perfect active praefōcāvī, supine praefōcātum); first conjugation
- (transitive) to choke, suffocate
- (transitive) to block, obstruct
- (passive voice) to be choking
Conjugation
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]- (suffocate): offōcō, suffōcō, strangulō
- (obstruct): obstruō, oppleō
- As praefocor:
- (be unable to breathe): strangulor
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “praefoco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praefoco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praefoco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.