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Verb

immolo

1. first-person singular present indicative form of immolar

Italian

Verb

immolo

1. first-person singular present indicative of immolare

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈim.mo.loː/

Verb

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

1. I immolate, sacrifice

Inflection

Descendants

• Dutch: immoleren
• English: immolate
• French: immoler
• Italian: immolare
• Spanish: inmolar
• Portuguese: imolar

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “immolo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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