carnificina

Latin

Etymology

From carnifex (“executioner, tormentor”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kar.ni.fiˈkiː.na/, [kärnɪfɪˈkiːnä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kar.ni.fiˈt͡ʃi.na/, [kärnifiˈt͡ʃiːnä]

Noun

carnificīna f (genitive carnificīnae); first declension

  1. the office of executioner
  2. capital punishment
  3. torture, torment

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative carnificīna carnificīnae
Genitive carnificīnae carnificīnārum
Dative carnificīnae carnificīnīs
Accusative carnificīnam carnificīnās
Ablative carnificīnā carnificīnīs
Vocative carnificīna carnificīnae

References
  • “carnificina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “carnificina”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin carnificīna.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaʁ.ni.fiˈsĩ.nɐ/ [kaɦ.ni.fiˈsĩ.nɐ]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kaɾ.ni.fiˈsĩ.nɐ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kaʁ.ni.fiˈsĩ.nɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kaɻ.ni.fiˈsi.na/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐɾ.ni.fiˈsi.nɐ/

  • Hyphenation: car‧ni‧fi‧ci‧na

Noun

carnificina f (plural carnificinas)

  1. massacre, carnage, butchery
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