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LEM

carnifex, carnificis

(carnufex, carnuficis)

caro

2 FAC-

noun (m., 3^rd declension)

an executioner, hangman
a tormentor, murderer

Abbreviations

carnifex or carnufex ficis, m caro + 2 FAC-, an executioner, hangman: carnificum cruciamenta: iacens Inter carnifices, Iu.: suus, his destroyer: tuus, employed by you: O carnifex, scoundrel.

—A tormentor, murderer: meus, T.: civium, butcher: ad vexandam plebem creatus, L.