Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From inter- + faciō (“do, make”). For the semantic development, compare the English euphemisms do in and do away with.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪn.tɛrˈfɪ.ki.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [in.terˈfiː.t͡ʃi.o]
Verb
[edit]interficiō (present infinitive interficere, perfect active interfēcī, supine interfectum); third (-iō variant) conjugation
- 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] Conjugation of interficiō (third (-iō variant) conjugation)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]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
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