offoco
ἀεὶ δ' ἀρέσκειν τοῖς κρατοῦσιν → always try to please your masters, always be obsequious to the masters
Latin > English
offoco offocare, offocavi, offocatus V TRANS :: choke, throttle
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
offōco: (obf-; collat. form offuco;
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v. in the foll.), āre, v. a. ob-faux, to strangle, choke, suffocate (post-class.): cum oflocan das invicem fauces praebuissent (al. effo candas), Flor. 2, 11, 6; Sen. Brev. Vit. 2, 3: quicumque fluctus ejus offocant, Tert. Idol. 24: offucare aquam in fauces ad sorbendum dare, Paul. ex Fest. p. 192 Müll.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
offōcō,¹⁵ āre (ob, faux), tr.,
1 serrer [la gorge], suffoquer : Flor. 2, 11, 6 ; [fig.] Sen. *Marc. 24, 5
2 [forme offuco ] verser de l’eau dans la gorge : P. Fest. 211, 10 Lindsay.
Latin > German (Georges)
offōco, āvī, āre (ob u. faux), erwürgen, ersticken, Sen. de brev. vit. 2, 4 u. ad Marc. 24, 5 Koch (nach meiner Vermutung). Flor. 2, 11, 6. Tert. de idol. 24. Augustin. de mor. Manich. 2, 9, 17 u. serm. 32, 2. Schol. Iuven. 14, 222.
