interficio

Latin

Etymology

inter- +‎ faciō (“do, make”)

For the semantic development, compare the English euphemism do away with.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /in.terˈfi.ki.oː/, [ɪn̪t̪ɛrˈfɪkioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.terˈfi.t͡ʃi.o/, [in̪t̪erˈfiːt͡ʃio]

Verb

interficiō (present infinitive interficere, perfect active interfēcī, supine interfectum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. to kill, destroy, assassinate, slay

   Synonyms: ēnecō, occīdō, interimō, cōnficiō, caedō, obtruncō, necō, percutiō, trucīdō, perimō, peragō, iugulō, sōpiō, dēiciō, absūmō, cōnsūmō, tollō

   • 11th century, Bayeux Tapestry, scene 57:

     HIC HAROLD⁚·REX⁚·INTERFECTVS⁚EST

     Here King Harold was slain

Conjugation

Conjugation of interficiō (third conjugation iō-variant)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	interficiō	interficis	interficit	interficimus	interficitis	interficiunt
	imperfect	interficiēbam	interficiēbās	interficiēbat	interficiēbāmus	interficiēbātis	interficiēbant
	future	interficiam	interficiēs	interficiet	interficiēmus	interficiētis	interficient
	perfect	interfēcī	interfēcistī	interfēcit	interfēcimus	interfēcistis	interfēcērunt, interfēcēre
	pluperfect	interfēceram	interfēcerās	interfēcerat	interfēcerāmus	interfēcerātis	interfēcerant
	future perfect	interfēcerō	interfēceris	interfēcerit	interfēcerimus	interfēceritis	interfēcerint
passive	present	interficior	interficeris, interficere	interficitur	interficimur	interficiminī	interficiuntur
	imperfect	interficiēbar	interficiēbāris, interficiēbāre	interficiēbātur	interficiēbāmur	interficiēbāminī	interficiēbantur
	future	interficiar	interficiēris, interficiēre	interficiētur	interficiēmur	interficiēminī	interficientur
	perfect	interfectus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	interfectus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	interfectus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	interficiam	interficiās	interficiat	interficiāmus	interficiātis	interficiant
	imperfect	interficerem	interficerēs	interficeret	interficerēmus	interficerētis	interficerent
	perfect	interfēcerim	interfēcerīs	interfēcerit	interfēcerīmus	interfēcerītis	interfēcerint
	pluperfect	interfēcissem	interfēcissēs	interfēcisset	interfēcissēmus	interfēcissētis	interfēcissent
passive	present	interficiar	interficiāris, interficiāre	interficiātur	interficiāmur	interficiāminī	interficiantur
	imperfect	interficerer	interficerēris, interficerēre	interficerētur	interficerēmur	interficerēminī	interficerentur
	perfect	interfectus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	interfectus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	interfice	—	—	interficite	—
	future	—	interficitō	interficitō	—	interficitōte	interficiuntō
passive	present	—	interficere	—	—	interficiminī	—
	future	—	interficitor	interficitor	—	—	interficiuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		interficere	interfēcisse	interfectūrum esse	interficī	interfectum esse	interfectum īrī
participles		interficiēns	—	interfectūrus	—	interfectus	interficiendus, interficiundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		interficiendī	interficiendō	interficiendum	interficiendō	interfectum	interfectū

Derived terms

• interfectus

Related terms

• afficiō
• cōnficiō
• dēficiō
• efficiō
• faciō
• īnficiō
• officiō
• perficiō
• praeficiō
• prōficiō
• reficiō
• sufficiō

 

References

• “interficio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “interficio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers