butcher (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.II. Fig.1. carnĭfex, ĭcis, (a term of strong reproach)2. homo sanguinarius, trŭcŭlentus • butcher (subs.): I. Lit.: lănĭus: Ter.: Cic.: a b.'s stall, lănĭēna: Pl.: Liv.: a b.'s block, mensa laniōnia, Suet. II. Fig.: 1. carnĭfex, ĭcis, (a term of strong reproach): Suet.: v. hangman. 2. homo sanguinarius, trŭcŭlentus: v. blood-thirsty.
butcher (v.) Copy link Outline I. To slaughter animalsII. To murder cruelly1. trŭcīdo, 12. obtrunco, 1 • butcher (v.): I. To slaughter animals: caedo, obtrunco: v. to kill. II. To murder cruelly: 1. trŭcīdo, 1: beware, lest if taken prisoners, ye be b.'d like cattle, cavete neu capti sicut pecora trucidemini, Sall. 2. obtrunco, 1: to be b.'d like cattle, vice pecorum obtruncari, Sall. fr.: v. to murder, massacre.
BUTCHER Copy link • BUTCHER 1. lanius, seldom lanio: macellarius (meat-seller). At a sacrifice, popa (who struck the beast): cultrarius (who cut his throat). FIG., homo sanguinarius. 2. v. PROP., caedere, jugulare; mactare (at a sacrifice). FIG., trucidare, concidere; obtruncare.