murder (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. caedes, is, f. (slaughter of one or many, strictly with the sword)2. expr. by nĕco, interfĭcio, obtrunco, etc.3. nex, nĕcis, f. (death by violent or cruel means4. parrĭcīdium (m. of father, mother, or other near relation)5. hŏmĭcīdium (infreq.) • murder (subs.): 1. caedes, is, f. (slaughter of one or many, strictly with the sword): if a m. have taken place, they (the Druids) try the criminal, si caedes facta est, iidem decernunt, Caes. 6, 13: Sall.: Cic. Join: caedes et occisio (for greater precision and emphasis), Cic. Caec. 14, fin. 2. expr. by nĕco, interfĭcio, obtrunco, etc.: by the m. of his son he cleared his house for the guilty match, necato filio vacuam domum scelestis nuptiis fecisse, Sall. Cat. 15: he procured the m. of Aurius, Aurium tollendum interficiendumque curavit, Cic. Clu. 8, 23: v. to murder. 3. nex, nĕcis, f. (death by violent or cruel means: nex is passive in sense, and so correlative to caedes, which is active): the m. of many citizens, multorum civium neces, Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 18: v. death. 4. parrĭcīdium (m. of father, mother, or other near relation): the m. of a father and uncle, patris et patrui p., Cic. Ph. 3, 7, 18: of a brother, p. fraternum, id. Clu. 11, init.; p. fratris, Liv. 40, 24: and even, p. filii, the m. of a son, Liv. 8, 11, med. 5. hŏmĭcīdium (infreq.): Tac. G. 21: Quint.: v. homicide. Phr.: to accuse any one of m. (assassination), aliquem inter sicarios accusare, Cic. R. Am. 32, 90: a trial for m., quaestio inter sicarios, id. Clu. 53, 147.
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.
MURDER Copy link • MURDER 1. s. caedes (general term): homicidium (of any person): parricidium (of persons sacred and inviolable, as of parents, brothers or sisters, princes, etc.): The murder of anyone, caedes, occisio, caedes et occido alicujus, caedes qua aliquis occisus est (☞ interfectio alicujus is not classical): nex alicujus (violent death): scelus alicujus interfecti, mors per scelus alicui illata (crime committed on anyone): to commit murder, caedem, homicidium facere; parricidium committere; parricidio se obstringere: to commit a murder on anyone, caedem alicujus facere, efficere, or perpetrare; mortem per scelus alicui inferre; necem alicui inferre, offerre; alicui vim afferre (to offer violence to): aliquem interficere or occidere (to kill): to commit murder after murder, caedem caede accumulare (Lucr., 3, 71): to accuse of murder, aliquem caedis arguere: to acquit of murder, aliquem caedis absolvere. 2. v. interficere, occidere (to kill): necare aliquem, necem inferre alicui, vim alicui afferre (with violence): trucidare aliquem (to slaughter, like cattle): jugulare aliquem (to cut the throat, and so to kill): aliquem tollere de or e medio (general term, to remove). To seek to murder anyone, alicujus vitae insidiari; vitam alicujus ferro atque insidiis appetere; alicui interitum appetere.