immolo

See also: immolò

Catalan

Verb

immolo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of immolar

Italian

Verb

immolo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of immolare

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From in- +‎ mola (flour), after the practice of sprinkling mola salsa, salted flour, on animals to be sacrificed.

Pronunciation

Verb

immolō (present infinitive immolāre, perfect active immolāvī, supine immolātum); first conjugation

  1. to immolate, sacrifice

Conjugation

1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Descendants

(Note: all the terms listed are borrowings)

  • Catalan: immolar
  • Dutch: immoleren
  • English: immolate
  • French: immoler
  • Galician: inmolar
  • Italian: immolare
  • Portuguese: imolar
  • Romanian: imola
  • Sicilian: mmulari
  • Spanish: inmolar

References

  • immolo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • immolo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • immolo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to slaughter victims: victimas (oxen), hostias (smaller animals, especially sheep) immolare, securi ferire, caedere, mactare
    • to sacrifice human victims: pro victimis homines immolare