massacre (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. caedes, is, f. (any murder or slaughter)2. trŭcīdātio (act of massacreing)3. internĕcio, ōnis, f. (utter destruction, extermination) • massacre (subs.): 1. caedes, is, f. (any murder or slaughter): the m. of such of us as remained behind, nostra c. qui remansissemus, Cic. Cat. 1, 3, 7: a wholesale m., infinita c., ib. 3, 10, extr.: v. slaughter. 2. trŭcīdātio (act of massacreing): no longer a battle, but a m., inde non jam pugna, sed tr. [velut pecorum], Liv. 28, 16, med.: cf. Cic. Ph. 4, 5, 11, cruor, caedes, ante oculos tr. civium: the September m.s, *trucidationes illae Septembres, quae dicuntur. 3. internĕcio, ōnis, f. (utter destruction, extermination): cf. Cic. Cat. 3, 10, 25, quae dissensiones ... non reconciliatione concordiae sed internecione civium dijudicatae sunt: v. extermination. Phr.: the m. of St. Bartholomew's day, *nuptiae istae (illae?) cruentae, exitiales Parisienses (Kr.): or, *caedes illa St. Bartholomaei festi quae dicitur: after the m. of so many thousands of unarmed soldiers, trucidatis tot millibus inermium militum, Tac. H. 1, 6: so, Cic. Cat. 3, 10, 24, clarissimis viris interfectis (referring to the wholesale carnage of Cinna and Marius): v. to slay, butcher.
massacre (v.) Copy link Outline 1. trŭcīdo, 1 (to slay brutally one or more)2. intĕrĭmo, ēmi, emptum, 3 • massacre (v.): 1. trŭcīdo, 1 (to slay brutally one or more): Cic.: Tac. cf. preced. art., extr. 2. intĕrĭmo, ēmi, emptum, 3: v. to cut off, destroy. See also to slay.
MASSACRE Copy link • MASSACREcaedes (☞ not laniena): to make a massacre, caedem facere, edere: among the citizens, caedem civium facere; caedem inferre civibus: to make a horrible massacre, infinitam caedem facere; crudelisoimam caedem facere; of the enemy, ingenti caede hostes prosternere: massacre of St. Bartholomew (at Paris, 1572), *nuptiae illae cruentae; cruentus dies S. Bartholomaei; caedes (☞ not laniena) Parisiensis.