strangulo

Esperanto

Etymology

    From stranga + -ulo. First attested in Zamenhof's Plena Vortaro Rusa-Internacia (1889).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /stranˈɡulo/
    • Rhymes: -ulo
    • Syllabification: stran‧gu‧lo
    • Hyphenation: strang‧ulo

    Noun

    strangulo (accusative singular strangulon, plural stranguloj, accusative plural strangulojn)

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

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    References

    1. ^ Neves; Pabst (2022), “strangulo”, in Historia Vortaro de Esperanto, →ISBN, page 797

    Further reading

    Latin

    Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    Verb

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

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

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