slayer Copy link Outline 1. interfector2. occīsor3. nĕcātor4. interemptor5. pĕremptor6. mactātor7. jŭgŭlātor (a cut-throat)8. trŭcīdātor (a butcherer)9. percussor10. confector11. cultrārius (the slaughterer of a sacrificial victim)12. expr. by subs. compounded with caedo, to kill, cf. Lat. Gram. § 175 • slayer: 1. interfector: Cic. Mil. 27, 72 (fig in Tert.): f. -trix, Tac. A. 3, 17. 2. occīsor: Pl. Mil. 4, 2, 65. 3. nĕcātor: Lampr. Commod. 18, 13. 4. interemptor: Vell. 2, 129, 1: f., -trix, Lact. 5. pĕremptor: Sen. Oed. 225: f. -trix, Tert. 6. mactātor: Sen. Troad. 1012. 7. jŭgŭlātor (a cut-throat): Salv. 8. trŭcīdātor (a butcherer): Aug. 9. percussor: Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 74. 10. confector: Suet. Aug. 43. 11. cultrārius (the slaughterer of a sacrificial victim): Suet. Cal. 32. 12. expr. by subs. compounded with caedo, to kill, cf. Lat. Gram. § 175: so. sororicīda = s. of a sister: homicida = s. of a man; parricida, s. of a father or relative; tyrannicida = s. of a tyrant.
SLAYER Copy link • SLAYERalicujus interfector (never without a genitive of the person slain; ☞ occisor alicujus only in Plaut., Mil., 4, 2, 64: interemtor and peremtor are late, and to be avoided): or by circumlocution with the verbs. Man-slayer, homicida.