carnificem

carnificem is a Latin form of carnifex, meaning “executioner; butcher, scoundrel”. It is the accusative singular masculine noun.

Found 27 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.1.9: … sed expugnatorem pudicitiae, non sacrilegum sed hostem sacrorum religionumque, non sicarium sed crudelissimum carnificem civium sociorumque in vestrum iudicium adduximus, ut ego hunc unum eius modi reum post hominum memoriam fuiss …

Martial, Epigrammata 11.84.10: Carnificem duro pectore poscet avem;

All forms of carnifex (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.