praefoco
From LSJ
τὸ ἀνάλημμα καὶ τὴν ἐπ' αὐτοῦ κερκίδα → the retaining wall and the wedge of theatre seats supported by it
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
prae-fōco: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. faux,
I to choke, strangle, suffocate (poet. and postclass. for suffoco): animae viam, Ov. Ib. 560: partum, Dig. 25, 3, 4: Jovem, Arn. 7, 29: messis praefocata, Calp. Ecl. 4, 115: ex abundantiā praefocari, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 12.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
præfōcō,¹⁶ āvī, ātum, āre (præ, faux), tr., obstruer, boucher : Ov. Ib. 560 || étouffer, étrangler : Macr. Scip. 1, 12 || [fig.] Calp. Ecl. 4, 115.
