The corpus record — Latin

offoco

to strangle

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What it meant

offōco — Lewis & Short

offōco (obf-; collat. form offuco;

I 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.

In the wild

offocandas Florus, Epitome Rerum Romanorum 1.27.11.6
offocantur Seneca, De Brevitate Vitae 10.2.4
offocatur Seneca, De Consolatione ad Marciam 6.24.5

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