suffoco

== Latin == === Etymology === From sub- + fōc- (“throat”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sʊfˈfoː.koː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [sufˈfɔː.ko] === Verb === suffōcō (present infinitive suffōcāre, perfect active suffōcāvī, supine suffōcātum); first conjugation to choke, stifle, strangle, suffocate, drown Synonyms: premō, angō ==== Usage notes ==== To convey the verb "suffocate" in the sense of "suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body," one must use the passive voice; the active voice is said of someone who causes another to suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “suffocare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 12: Sk–š, page 414 === Further reading === “suffoco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “suffoco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “suffoco”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. suffoco in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016