mascarpio

Latin

Etymology

From mās (“man”) +‎ carpō (“to pluck”) +‎ -iō.

Pronunciation

Noun

māscarpiō f (genitive māscarpiōnis); third declension

  1. (hapax legomenon) penis-beating (the act of hitting the penis)
    • c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 134:
      Ingemuī ego utique propter māscarpiōnem, lacrimīsque ūbertim mānantibus obscūrātum dextrā caput super pulvīnum inclināvī.
      I groaned anyway because of the beating, and with abundantly flowing tears I leaned my head hidden with the right hand on the pillow.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative māscarpiō māscarpiōnēs
genitive māscarpiōnis māscarpiōnum
dative māscarpiōnī māscarpiōnibus
accusative māscarpiōnem māscarpiōnēs
ablative māscarpiōne māscarpiōnibus
vocative māscarpiō māscarpiōnēs

References

  • “mascarpio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “mascarpio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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