interficio
Latin
Etymology
inter- + faciō (“do, make”)
For the semantic development, compare the English euphemism do away with.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /in.terˈfi.ki.oː/, [ɪn̪t̪ɛrˈfɪkioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /in.terˈfi.t͡ʃi.o/, [in̪t̪erˈfiːt͡ʃio]
Verb
interficiō (present infinitive interficere, perfect active interfēcī, supine interfectum); third conjugation iō-variant
- I kill, destroy, assassinate, slay.
- Synonyms: ēnecō, occīdō, interimō, cōnficiō, caedō, obtruncō, necō, percutiō, trucīdō, perimō, peragō, iugulō, sōpiō, dēiciō, absūmō, cōnsūmō, tollō
Conjugation
Conjugation of interficiō (third conjugation iō-variant) | |||||||
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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
- Adams, J. N. (1972), “On the Authorship of the Historia Augusta”, in Classical Quarterly, volume 22, issue 1, pages 186–194