supplicium

Latin

Etymology

From supplicis, supplex

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /supˈpli.ki.um/, [sʊpˈplɪ.ki.ũ]

Noun

supplicium n (genitive suppliciī); second declension

  1. kneeling, supplication
  2. punishment
  3. suffering
  4. torture

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative supplicium supplicia
Genitive suppliciī suppliciōrum
Dative suppliciō suppliciīs
Accusative supplicium supplicia
Ablative suppliciō suppliciīs
Vocative supplicium supplicia

Descendants

References
  • supplicium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • supplicium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • supplicium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • supplicium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to expiate a crime by punishment: scelus supplicio expiare
    • to exact a penalty from some one: supplicium sumere de aliquo
    • to decree the penalty of death: supplicium alicui decernere, in aliquem constituere
    • to execute the death-sentence on a person: supplicium sumere de aliquo
    • to suffer capital punishment: supplicio (capitis) affici
  • supplicium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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