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.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪn.tɛrˈfɪ.ki.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [in̪.t̪erˈfiː.t͡ʃi.o]

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

• 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