English → Latin
“assassinate” in Latin
committōto join together, unite, connect, put together; to practise or perpetrate wrong, do injustice; commit a crime; to begincaedēsthe act of cutting or lopping something off; the act of striking with the fist, a beating; murder, assassination, killintrucīdōto slaughter, massacre, cut to pieces, kill in a cruel way; to demolish, destroy, ruin
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
assassinate
caedem (*ex insidiis) facere, committere: anybody, aliquem ex insidiis interficere: aliquem percutere (to strike): trucidare (cut down like an ox; butcher): to employ anybody to assassinate another, alicui negotium dare, ut aliquem interficiat.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for assassinate?
- The usual Latin words for “assassinate” are committō, caedēs, trucīdō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.