interficio

== Latin == === Etymology === From inter- +‎ faciō (“do, make”). For the semantic development, compare the English euphemisms do in and do away with. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪn.tɛrˈfɪ.ki.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [in.terˈfiː.t͡ʃi.o] === Verb === 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: ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== interfectus ==== Related terms ==== === References === “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