interficio

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *ənterfakjō, from *ənter- +‎ *fakjō. Equivalent to inter- +‎ faciō (“do, make”).

For the semantic development, compare the English euphemism do away with.[1]

Pronunciation

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 infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present interficere interficī interficiēns —
future interfectūrum esse interfectum īrī interfectūrus interficiendus,
interficiundus
perfect interfēcisse interfectum esse — interfectus
future perfect — interfectum fore — —
perfect potential interfectūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
interficiendī interficiendō interficiendum interficiendō interfectum interfectū

Derived terms

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
  1. ^ Adams, J. N. (1972), “On the Authorship of the Historia Augusta”, in Classical Quarterly‎[1], volume 22, number 1, pages 186–194
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