offoco

offōco (obf-; collat. form offuco; v. in the foll.), āre, v. a. [ob-faux],

• to strangle, choke, suffocate (post-class.): cum oflocan das invicem fauces praebuissent (al. effo candas), Flor. 2, 11, 6; Sen. Brev. Vit. 2, 3: quicumque fluctus ejus offocant, Tert. Idol. 24: offucare aquam in fauces ad sorbendum dare, Paul. ex Fest. p. 192 Müll.

offōco, āvī, āre (ob u. faux), erwürgen, ersticken, Sen. de brev. vit. 2, 4 u. ad Marc. 24, 5 Koch (nach meiner Vermutung). Flor. 2, 11, 6. Tert. de idol. 24. Augustin. de mor. Manich. 2, 9, 17 u. serm. 32, 2. Schol. Iuven. 14, 222.

offōcō, (15) āre (ob, faux), tr., ¶ 1 serrer [la gorge], suffoquer : Flor. 2, 11, 6 ; [fig.] Sen. *Marc. 24, 5 ¶ 2 [forme offuco ] verser de lʼeau dans la gorge : P. Fest. 211, 10 Lindsay.