suffoco
suffoco, to throttle, choke, stifle, strangle, suffocate
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suffocans present active participle feminine vocative singular, present active participle masculine nominative singular, present active participle masculine vocative singular, present active participle feminine nominative singular, present active participle neuter accusative singular, present active participle neuter vocative singular, present active participle neuter nominative singular of suffoco
suf-fōco (subf-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [faux], to choke, stifle, strangle, suffocate by compressing the throat (rare but class.; syn.: strangulo, elido).
- I Lit.: patrem, Cic. Mur. 29, 61: quem crassior saliva suffocat, Sen. Q. N. 6, 2, 4: in melle situm suffocari, to be suffocated, Lucr. 3, 891: vox suffocatur saepe, Quint. 11, 3, 51: suffocatae (mulieres), hysterical, Plin. 20, 22, 87, § 238; cf. suffocatio.—
- II Transf.: injuriā suffocante vitem, that chokes, kills, Plin. 17, 23, 35, § 209: urbem et Italiam fame, i.e. to starve, Cic. Att. 9, 7, 4.
suffōco, āvi, ātum, āre (sub u. faux), die Kehle zuschnüren, erwürgen, ersticken, I) eig. u. übtr.: a) eig.: patrem, Cic.: in melle situm suffocari, ersticken, Lucr.: vino suffocari, Fest.: ne parvuli atque lactentes solidioris cibi edulio suffocemur, Hieron. – b) übtr.: vox suffocatur saepe, Quint.: suffocata mulier, hysterisch, Mutterbeschwerung habend, Plin.: vitem, Plin. – II) übtr.: urbem et Italiam fame, durch Hunger den Atem ausgehen lassen = aushungern, Cic. ad Att. 9, 7, 4.
See: suffocare
suffōcō, (14) āvī, ātum, āre (fauces), tr., serrer la gorge de, étouffer, étrangler : aliquem Cic. Mur. 61 ; cf. Sen. Nat. 6, 2, 4 ; Quint. 11, 3, 51 || [fig.] Cic. Att. 9, 7, 4 ; Plin. 17, 209.
suffōcō āvī, —, āre
- sub+faux, to throttle, choke, stifle, strangle, suffocate: gallum . . . patrem. —Fig.: urbem fame, i. e. to starve.