Esperanto

Noun

• A strange, odd, or eccentric person; a crackpot, a crank.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στραγγαλόομαι ‎(strangalóomai, “to strangle”), from στραγγάλη ‎(strangálē, “a halter”); compare στραγγός ‎(strangós, “tied together, entangled, twisted”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈstran.ɡu.loː/

Verb

strangulō ‎(present infinitive strangulāre, perfect active strangulāvī, supine strangulātum); first conjugation

1. (transitive) I strangle, throttle.
2. (transitive) I choke, suffocate, smother.
3. (transitive) I torment, torture.

Inflection

Derived terms

• strangulābilis
• strangulātiō
• strangulātor
• strangulātus

Descendants

References

• strangulo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• strangulo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “strangulo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• strangle in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911