Does anyone know how to say "to smother" in Latin? Something like opprindere?

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Does anyone know how to say "to smother" in Latin? Something like opprindere?

2007-09-30 13:36:47 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages

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Opprimere would work, as would reprimere. Also suffocare, strangulare, and devorare. Question is, what do you want to smother? Kill someone? Hold back tears? Extinguish a flame? Latin had a lot of words for 'smother' with different meanings.

2007-09-30 14:18:51 · answer #1 · answered by dollhaus 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

probably you mean
OPPRIMERE
or REPRIMERE

2007-09-30 21:04:52 · answer #2 · answered by goldrake75 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋