carnifex

Latin > English

carnifex (gen.), carnificis ADJ :: tormenting, torturing; murderous, killing; deadly
carnifex carnifex carnificis N M :: executioner, hangman; murderer, butcher, torturer; scoundrel, villain

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

carnĭfex: or carnŭfex, fĭcis, m. v. caro-facio,
I an executioner, hangman, Plaut Bacch. 4, 4, 37; id. Capt. 5, 4, 22; id. Rud. 3, 6, 19; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 118; id. Phil. 11, 3, 7; id. Quint. 15, 50; id. Rab. Perd. 4, 12; Quint. 5, 10, 59; Lucr. 3, 1017; Cat. 97, 12; Juv. 8, 175 al.; this office was considered so disgraceful that he was not permitted to live in the city, Cic. Rab. Perd. 4 sq.; but in the Subura, Mart. 2, 17, 1 sqq.—
   b As a term of reproach, scoundrel, villain, rascal, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 220; 2, 1, 41; Ter. And. 1, 2, 12; id. Eun. 4, 4, 3; Cic. Pis. 5, 11.—
II Trop., tormenter, murderer, Ter. And. 4, 1, 27 Don.; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 9; Liv. 2, 35, 1; 2, 56, 8; 2, 42, 23 fin.: Fortuna gloriae carnifex, murderer, destroyer of fame, Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 39. —Poet., adj., murderous, killing: carnifex avis, Mart. 11, 84, 10: pedes (sc. podagrici), id. 12, 48, 10: manus, Sil. 1, 173: epulae, deadly, Claud. B. Gild. 178: libido, Arn. 1, 41.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

carnĭfex¹⁰ (arch. carnu-), ĭcis, m., (caro 2, facio), le bourreau public [esclave exécuteur des hautes œuvres] : Pl. Capt. 1019 ; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 118 ; Rab. perd. 16 || [fig.] bourreau, homme qui torture : Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 9 || [injure] bourreau, pendard : Pl., Ter. ; Cic. Pis. 11 || [poét.] pedes carnifices Mart. 12, 48, 10, pieds qui torturent [goutteux].

Latin > German (Georges)

carnifex (arch. carnufex), ficis, m. (2. caro u. facio), I) der Stockmeister, ein öffentlicher Sklave, der in Rom jene Strafen zu vollziehen hatte, mit denen nur Sklaven und Fremde belegt wurden, bes. die grausamen Stäupungen u. Folterungen, die den Hinrichtungen vorangingen, und als Scharfrichter, Henker die Hinrichtungen (namentl. das Kreuzigen) selbst vollzog, s. bes. Plaut. Bacch. 688; capt. 1019; rud. 857. Cic. Verr. 5, 118. – Sein Amt galt für so entehrend, daß er nicht einmal in der Stadt wohnen durfte, Cic. Rab. perd. 16, sondern vor der porta Metia (= Esquilina), jenseit des Caelius mons (in der sogen. Subura), Mart. 2, 17. – Dah. carnifex auch als entehrendes Schimpfwort, Henkers- od. Schinderknecht, Galgenvogel, Schurke, Komik., Cic. u.a. – II) übtr., der Schinder = Peiniger, Folterer, carnifex meus, Ter.: c. civium sociorumque, Cic.: eum sibi carnificem novum exortum, Liv. – attrib. = henkerisch = peinigend, tötend, Mart. u.a.: hic carnifex animus, eine Henkerseele, Plin. 7, 43.

Translations

executioner

Albanian: therës, thikar; Arabic: جَلَّاد‎; Armenian: դահիճ; Azerbaijani: cəllad; Bashkir: йәлләт; Basque: borrero; Belarusian: кат; Bengali: জল্লাদ; Bulgarian: палач, джелат; Burmese: အာဏာသား; Catalan: botxí, botxina; Chinese Mandarin: 劊子手／刽子手; Czech: kat, popravčí; Danish: bøddel, skarpretter; Dutch: beul; Esperanto: ekzekutisto; Estonian: timukas; Faroese: bøðil; Finnish: teloittaja, pyöveli; French: exécuteur des hautes œuvres, bourreau, exécuteur de la haute justice, maître des hautes œuvres, bourrelle; Galician: buxeu, verdugo; Georgian: ჯალათი; German: Henker, Scharfrichter, Henkerin, Scharfrichterin; Greek: εκτελεστής, δήμιος; Ancient Greek: ἀγχονιστής, ἄγχων, ἄνδραγχος, ἀποκεφαλιστής, δάμιος, δήμιος, δημόκοινος, δημόσιος, ζημιωτής, ζητρός, κυαιστιωνάριος, ποινουργός, πρόδικος, τιμωρός; Hebrew: תַּלְיָן‎; Hindi: जल्लाद; Hungarian: hóhér; Icelandic: böðull; Indonesian: algojo, jalad; Irish: básadóir, céastúnach; Italian: boia, carnefice; Japanese: 死刑執行人, 処刑人; Kazakh: жазалаушы, жендет; Khmer: ពេជ្ឈឃាដ; Korean: 사형 집행인, 망나니; Kurdish Northern Kurdish: celad; Kyrgyz: желдет; Lao: ເພັດຊະຄາດ; Latgalian: kāts; Latin: carnifex, carnufex; Latvian: bende; Lithuanian: budelis; Luxembourgish: Henker; Macedonian: џелат, главосек, главорез, погубник, палач, бесач; Malay: algojo, pertanda, jalad, pelebaya; Malayalam: ആരാച്ചാർ; Maltese: eżekutur; Maori: kaiwhakamate; Mirandese: algoç; Mongolian: зандалчин; Northern Sami: bievval; Norwegian: bøddel, skarpretter; Ottoman Turkish: جلاد‎; Pali: vajjhaghātaka; Pashto: جلاد‎; Persian: دژخیم‎, جلاد‎; Polish: kat, oprawca; Portuguese: carrasco, algoz; Romanian: călău, gâde; Romansch: boier, sbir, hentger; Russian: палач, экзекутор, кат; Sanskrit: कालपाशिक, वधकर्माधिकारिन्; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: главосек, главосеча, крвник, џелат; Roman: glavosek, glavoseča, krvnik, dželat; Slovak: kat, popravca; Slovene: krvnik, rabelj; Sorbian Upper Sorbian: kat; Spanish: verdugo, carnífice, verduga; Swahili: mchinja, mchinjaji, mnyongaji; Swedish: bödel; Tajik: ҷаллод; Tatar: җәллад; Thai: เพชฌฆาต; Turkish: cellat; Turkmen: jellat; Ukrainian: кат; Urdu: جلاد‎; Uyghur: جاللات‎; Uzbek: jallod; Vietnamese: người hành hình, đao phủ; Welsh: dienyddiwr