murder (v.) Copy link Outline 1. nĕco, 12. jŭgŭlo, 1 (as a cut-throat does)3. trŭcīdo, 1 (to slay wholesale)4. obtrunco, 1 (to cut down with the sword, assassinate; whereas neco is to kill in any wicked or cruel way soever)5. interfĭcio, 3 (to put to death in any way) • murder (v.): 1. nĕco, 1: v. to kill. 2. jŭgŭlo, 1 (as a cut-throat does): he directed that most excellent citizens should be m.'d, cives optimos jugulari jussit, Cic. Ph. 3, 2, 4: cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 32, ut jugulent homines, surgunt de nocte latrones. 3. trŭcīdo, 1 (to slay wholesale): v. to butcher, massacre. 4. obtrunco, 1 (to cut down with the sword, assassinate; whereas neco is to kill in any wicked or cruel way soever): he m.s Polydorus, and forcibly possesses himself of his gold, Polydorum obtruncat, et auro vi potitur, Virg. Aen. 3, 55: Liv. 1, 5, extr. (N. B.--Not in the prose of Cic.) 5. interfĭcio, 3 (to put to death in any way): Join: tollere atque interficere, Cic. Clu. 8, 23: v. to kill.