cauterio
التعريفات والمعاني
== Italian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Late Latin cautērium, from Ancient Greek καυτήριον (kautḗrion).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /kawˈtɛ.rjo/
Rhymes: -ɛrjo
Hyphenation: cau‧tè‧rio
=== Noun ===
cauterio m (plural cauteri)
cautery
cauterization
=== Further reading ===
cauterio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
== Latin ==
=== Alternative forms ===
caustēriō
=== Etymology ===
From cautērium + -ō.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kau̯ˈteː.ri.oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kau̯ˈtɛː.ri.o]
=== Verb ===
cautēriō (present infinitive cautēriāre, perfect active cautēriāvī, supine cautēriātum); first conjugation
(Late Latin) to brand (with a branding iron)
==== Conjugation ====
=== Noun ===
cautēriō
dative/ablative singular of cautērium
=== References ===
“cauterio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“cauterio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin cauterium (“branding iron”), from Ancient Greek καυτήριον (kautḗrion).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /kauˈteɾjo/ [kau̯ˈt̪e.ɾjo]
Rhymes: -eɾjo
Syllabification: cau‧te‧rio
=== Noun ===
cauterio m (plural cauterios)
cautery
cauterization
(figuratively) something that effectively rightens or tackles an evil or wrong
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“cauterio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025