carnifex, carnificis M Adjective

Translations

  1. tormenting
  2. torturing
  3. murderous
  4. killing
  5. deadly

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Mixed (3.) Declension

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Sg. Masculine Feminine Neuter
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Pl. Masculine Feminine Neuter
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Example Sentences

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Sed moreretur prius acerbissima morte miliens Gracchus quam in eius contione carnifex consisteret; quem non modo foro sed etiam caelo hoc ac spiritu censoriae leges atque urbis domicilio carere vol

~ Cicero, Pro Rabiro Perduellionis
L. Annaeus Seneca

Hoc ut scias ita esse, ad omne pulchrum vir bonus sine ulla cunctatione procurret: stet illic licet carnifex, stet tortor atque ignis, perseverabit nec quid passurus sed quid facturus sit aspiciet, et se honestae rei tam

~ Seneca, Epistulae Morales, Liber VII
L. Annaeus Seneca Maior

Venisse patrem mihi carnifex nuntiavit.

~ Seneca the Elder, Liber V
Marcus Tullius Cicero

inuere, quo minus de moribus nostris quinto quoque anno iudicaretur, nemo tam effuse petulans conatus est, haec sunt, o carnifex!

~ Cicero, In Pisonem

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