cauterio
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin cautērium, from Ancient Greek καυτήριον (kautḗrion).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kawˈtɛ.rjo/
- Rhymes: -ɛrjo
- Hyphenation: cau‧tè‧rio
Further reading
- cauterio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kau̯ˈteː.ri.oː/, [käu̯ˈt̪eːrioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kau̯ˈte.ri.o/, [käu̯ˈt̪ɛːrio]
Verb
cautēriō (present infinitive cautēriāre, perfect active cautēriāvī, supine cautēriātum); first conjugation
- to brand (with a branding iron)
Conjugation
References
- “cauterio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cauterio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cauterium (“branding iron”), from Ancient Greek καυτήριον (kautḗrion).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kauˈteɾjo/ [kau̯ˈt̪e.ɾjo]
- Rhymes: -eɾjo
- Syllabification: cau‧te‧rio
Noun
cauterio m (plural cauterios)
- cautery
- cauterization
- (figuratively) something that effectively rightens or tackles an evil or wrong
Related terms
Further reading
- “cauterio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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