carnifex

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

carnifex or carnufex ficis, m

caro + 2 FAC-, an executioner, hangman : carnificum cruciamenta: iacens Inter carnifices, Iu.: suus, his destroyer : tuus, employed by you : O carnifex, scoundrel.—A tormentor, murderer : meus, T.: civium, butcher : ad vexandam plebem creatus, L.

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