suf-fōco (
suf-fōco (subf-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. faux, to choke, stifle, strangle, suffocate by compressing the throat (rare but class.; syn.: strangulo, elido). 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.— 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.
No short def.
Headword (normalized):
suf-fōco (
Headword (normalized/stripped):
suf-foco (
Intro Text:
suf-fōco (subf-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. faux, to choke, stifle, strangle, suffocate by compressing the throat (rare but class.; syn.: strangulo, elido). 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.— 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.
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lat.ls.perseus-eng2-n46440
No citations.
{
"content": "suf-fōco (subf-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. faux, to choke, stifle, strangle, suffocate by compressing the throat (rare but class.; syn.: strangulo, elido). 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.— 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.\n",
"key": "suffoco",
"type": "main"
}