interficio
Latin edit
Etymology edit
For the semantic development, compare the English euphemism do away with.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /in.terˈfi.ki.oː/, [ɪn̪t̪ɛrˈfɪkioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /in.terˈfi.t͡ʃi.o/, [in̪t̪erˈfiːt͡ʃio]
Verb edit
interficiō (present infinitive interficere, perfect active interfēcī, supine interfectum); third conjugation iō-variant
- to kill, destroy, assassinate, slay
- Synonyms: ēnecō, occīdō, interimō, cōnficiō, caedō, obtruncō, necō, percutiō, trucīdō, perimō, peragō, iugulō, sōpiō, dēiciō, absūmō, cōnsūmō, tollō
- 11th century, Bayeux Tapestry, scene 57:
- HIC HAROLD⁚·REX⁚·INTERFECTVS⁚EST
- Here King Harold was slain
Conjugation edit
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References edit
- “interficio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “interficio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers