efflictim

efflictim

Latin

Etymology

efflīctus, perfect passive participle of efflīgō (“to strike dead”) +‎ -tim.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /efˈfliːk.tim/, [ɛfˈflʲiːkt̪ɪ̃ˑ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /efˈflik.tim/, [ɛfˈflikt̪im]

Adverb

efflīctim (not comparable)

1. to death, desperately

   Synonym: efflīcte

   • 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