SLAUGHTER Copy link • SLAUGHTER 1. s. caedes (general term): trucidatio (a slaying, as of cattle): jugulatio (only of persons; ☞ avoid laniena in this sense). A dreadful slaughter, caedes atrox: there was no battle, but a slaughter as of cattle, non pugna erat, sed trucidatio velut pecorum: the slaughter is general, caedes omnia obtinet: to breathe forth slaughter, caedem eructare sermonibus: to commit slaughter, caedem or stragem edere, facere. 2. v. caedere: trucidare: jugulare: mactare (as a sacrifice). [SYN. in SLAY.]