offoco

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ob- +‎ fōc- (“throat”) +‎ -ō (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

Verb

offōcō (present infinitive offōcāre, perfect active offōcāvī, supine offōcātum); first conjugation

  1. (transitive) to strangle, throttle, choke, suffocate

Conjugation

   Conjugation of offōcō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present offōcō offōcās offōcat offōcāmus offōcātis offōcant
imperfect offōcābam offōcābās offōcābat offōcābāmus offōcābātis offōcābant
future offōcābō offōcābis offōcābit offōcābimus offōcābitis offōcābunt
perfect offōcāvī offōcāvistī offōcāvit offōcāvimus offōcāvistis offōcāvērunt,
offōcāvēre
pluperfect offōcāveram offōcāverās offōcāverat offōcāverāmus offōcāverātis offōcāverant
future perfect offōcāverō offōcāveris offōcāverit offōcāverimus offōcāveritis offōcāverint
passive present offōcor offōcāris,
offōcāre 		offōcātur offōcāmur offōcāminī offōcantur
imperfect offōcābar offōcābāris,
offōcābāre 		offōcābātur offōcābāmur offōcābāminī offōcābantur
future offōcābor offōcāberis,
offōcābere 		offōcābitur offōcābimur offōcābiminī offōcābuntur
perfect offōcātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect offōcātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect offōcātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present offōcem offōcēs offōcet offōcēmus offōcētis offōcent
imperfect offōcārem offōcārēs offōcāret offōcārēmus offōcārētis offōcārent
perfect offōcāverim offōcāverīs offōcāverit offōcāverīmus offōcāverītis offōcāverint
pluperfect offōcāvissem offōcāvissēs offōcāvisset offōcāvissēmus offōcāvissētis offōcāvissent
passive present offōcer offōcēris,
offōcēre 		offōcētur offōcēmur offōcēminī offōcentur
imperfect offōcārer offōcārēris,
offōcārēre 		offōcārētur offōcārēmur offōcārēminī offōcārentur
perfect offōcātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect offōcātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — offōcā — — offōcāte —
future — offōcātō offōcātō — offōcātōte offōcantō
passive present — offōcāre — — offōcāminī —
future — offōcātor offōcātor — — offōcantor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present offōcāre offōcārī offōcāns —
future offōcātūrum esse offōcātum īrī offōcātūrus offōcandus
perfect offōcāvisse offōcātum esse — offōcātus
future perfect — offōcātum fore — —
perfect potential offōcātūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
offōcandī offōcandō offōcandum offōcandō offōcātum offōcātū

Synonyms

Descendants

Reflexes of the Early Medieval variant officāre:

  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Catalan: ofegar, aufegar
    • Occitan: ofegar, aufegar
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Old Galician-Portuguese:

Reflexes of an assumed variant *affōcāre:

References

Further reading

  • “offoco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “offoco”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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