carnifex

== English == === Etymology === From Latin carnifex (“butcher”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === carnifex (plural carnifexes or carnifices) (now rare, historical) An executioner. ==== Derived terms ==== == Latin == === Alternative forms === carnufex === Etymology === From carō (“flesh”) + -fex (“maker”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkar.nɪ.fɛks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkar.ni.feks] === Noun === carnifex m (genitive carnificis); third declension butcher, knacker (one who slaughters and renders worn-out livestock) Synonyms: laniātor, lanius, laniō, macellārius executioner, hangman tormenter, murderer scoundrel, villain ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== carnificīna carnificō ==== Descendants ==== → English: carnifex → Italian: carnefice → Portuguese: carnífice → Spanish: carnífice === References === === Further reading === “carnifex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “carnifex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "carnifex", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “carnifex”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “carnifex”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin