slaughter (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. caedes, is, f. (the most gen. t.)2. strāges, is, f. (defeat3. clādes, is, f. (an overthrow; esp. freq. as milit. t. t.)4. occīsio (rare)5. internĕcio (or internĭcio6. occīdio (syn. of preced.) Liv.7. trŭcīdātio (butchery)8. jŭgŭlātio9. interfectio10. nex, nĕcis, f. (violent death)11. expr. by sanguis, ĭnis, m.; cruor, ōris, m. (blood-shedding) • slaughter (subs.): 1. caedes, is, f. (the most gen. t.): a vast s., ingens c., Liv. 2, 64: the s. of sheep, c. bidentium, Hor. Od. 3, 23, 14: to make a s., c. edere, Liv. 5, 45, ad fin.: perpetrare, id. 45, 5: facere, id. 39, 36: admittere, Suet. Tib. 37: committere, Ov. H. 14, 59: peragere, Lucan 3, 580. 2. strāges, is, f. (defeat: often in pl.): to cause a s., s. facere, Liv. 5, 45: ciere, Virg. Aen. 6, 829: edere, Cic. Leg. 3, 9, 22: Fig.: id. Att. 1, 16, ad init. 3. clādes, is, f. (an overthrow; esp. freq. as milit. t. t.): victorious without s., sine clade victor, Hor. Od. 4, 14, 32: Cic.: to make a s., c. facere, Sall. Jug. 59, ad fin.: v. defeat. 4. occīsio (rare): Join: caedes et o., Cic. Caecin. 14, 41, ad fin. 5. internĕcio (or internĭcio: a general s.): a s. of the entire race, i. gentis, Tac. A. 2, 21: Cic. Cat. 3, 10, 25. 6. occīdio (syn. of preced.) Liv.: Cic. 7. trŭcīdātio (butchery): no longer a fight, but as it were a s. of cattle, non jam pugna, sed velut t pecorum, Liv. 28, 16: Cic. 8. jŭgŭlātio: Auct. B. Hisp. 16. 9. interfectio: Ascon. 10. nex, nĕcis, f. (violent death): the s. of many citizens, multorum civium neces, Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 18. 11. expr. by sanguis, ĭnis, m.; cruor, ōris, m. (blood-shedding): these are freq. joined to caedes; as, hinc cruor hinc caedes, Tib. 2, 3, 42 (60): intent upon s., ad sanguinem et ad caedes obversus, Tac. H. 3, 83; cf. Liv. 2, 64. Phr.: to buy an ox for s., ad cultrum bovem emere, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 11.
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.]