offoco

Latin

Alternative forms

• obfōcō, offūcō, officō

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ofˈfoː.koː/, [ɔfˈfoːkoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ofˈfo.ko/, [ofˈfɔːko]

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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		offōcāre	offōcāvisse	offōcātūrum esse	offōcārī	offōcātum esse	offōcātum īrī
participles		offōcāns	—	offōcātūrus	—	offōcātus	offōcandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		offōcandī	offōcandō	offōcandum	offōcandō	offōcātum	offōcātū

Synonyms

• (choke): praefōcō, suffōcō

Related terms

• faucēs
• praefōcō
• suffōcō

 

Descendants

Reflexes of the late variant officāre:

• Catalan: ofegar, aufegar
• Occitan: ofegar, aufegar
• Old Galician-Portuguese: [Term?]
  • Galician: anfegar, oufegar
  • Portuguese: ofegar

Reflexes of an assumed variant *affōcāre:

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: affogare
    • → Sardinian: affogare (or from Catalan)
  • Sicilian: affucari
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: afogar
  • Occitan: afogar, afojar
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: afocar, afogar
  • Asturian: afogar
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: afogar
    • Galician: afogar
    • Portuguese: afogar
  • Old Spanish: afogar
    • Spanish: ahogar

References

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “ahogar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 87
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “ŏffōcare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 7: N–Pas, page 337

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.