efflictim

Latin

Etymology

efflīctus, perfect passive participle of efflīgō (“to strike dead”) +‎ -tim.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /efˈfliːk.tim/, [ɛfˈflʲiːkt̪ɪ̃ˑ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /efˈflik.tim/, [efˈflikt̪im]

Adverb

efflīctim (not comparable)

  1. to death, desperately
    Synonym: efflīcte
    • c. 180 BCE, Plautus, Casina prologue.49:
      eam puellam hic senex
      amat efflictim et item contra filius.
      That old man is madly in love with this girl, but so is his son.

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