murder (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. caedes, is, f. (slaughter of one or many, strictly with the sword)2. expr. by nĕco, interfĭcio, obtrunco, etc.3. nex, nĕcis, f. (death by violent or cruel means4. parrĭcīdium (m. of father, mother, or other near relation)5. hŏmĭcīdium (infreq.) • murder (subs.): 1. caedes, is, f. (slaughter of one or many, strictly with the sword): if a m. have taken place, they (the Druids) try the criminal, si caedes facta est, iidem decernunt, Caes. 6, 13: Sall.: Cic. Join: caedes et occisio (for greater precision and emphasis), Cic. Caec. 14, fin. 2. expr. by nĕco, interfĭcio, obtrunco, etc.: by the m. of his son he cleared his house for the guilty match, necato filio vacuam domum scelestis nuptiis fecisse, Sall. Cat. 15: he procured the m. of Aurius, Aurium tollendum interficiendumque curavit, Cic. Clu. 8, 23: v. to murder. 3. nex, nĕcis, f. (death by violent or cruel means: nex is passive in sense, and so correlative to caedes, which is active): the m. of many citizens, multorum civium neces, Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 18: v. death. 4. parrĭcīdium (m. of father, mother, or other near relation): the m. of a father and uncle, patris et patrui p., Cic. Ph. 3, 7, 18: of a brother, p. fraternum, id. Clu. 11, init.; p. fratris, Liv. 40, 24: and even, p. filii, the m. of a son, Liv. 8, 11, med. 5. hŏmĭcīdium (infreq.): Tac. G. 21: Quint.: v. homicide. Phr.: to accuse any one of m. (assassination), aliquem inter sicarios accusare, Cic. R. Am. 32, 90: a trial for m., quaestio inter sicarios, id. Clu. 53, 147.