efflictim

Latin

Etymology

From efflīgō (“I strike dead”) +‎ -tim.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /efˈfliːk.tim/, [ɛfˈflʲiːkt̪ɪ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /efˈflik.tim/, [efˈflikt̪im]

Adverb

efflīctim (not comparable)

to death, desperately
Synonym: efflīctē
- c. 180 BCE, Plautus, Casina prologue.49:
  eam puellam hic senex
  amat efflictim et item contra filius.
  That old man is madly in love with this girl, but so is his son.

References

“efflictim”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“efflictim”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

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