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“murder” in Latin
caedēsthe act of cutting or lopping something off; the act of striking with the fist, a beating; murder, assassination, killinhomicīdiumhomicide, manslaughter, murderparricīdiumparricide (act)occīsiōmassacre, slaughter, murderinterficiōto kill, destroy, assassinate, slayoccidōto fall down; to go down, set; to perish, die, pass away
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
murder s.
caedes (general term): homicidium (of any person): parricidium (of persons sacred and inviolable, as of parents, brothers or sisters, princes, etc.): The murder of anyone, caedes, occisio, caedes et occido alicujus, caedes qua aliquis occisus est (☞ interfectio alicujus is not classical): nex alicujus (violent death): scelus alicujus interfecti, mors per scelus alicui illata (crime committed on anyone): to commit murder, caedem, homicidium facere; parricidium committere; parricidio se obstringere: to commit a murder on anyone, caedem alicujus facere, efficere, or perpetrare; mortem per scelus alicui inferre; necem alicui inferre, offerre; alicui vim afferre (to offer violence to): aliquem interficere or occidere (to kill): to commit murder after murder, caedem caede accumulare (Lucr., 3, 71): to accuse of murder, aliquem caedis arguere: to acquit of murder, aliquem caedis absolvere.
murder v.
interficere, occidere (to kill): necare aliquem, necem inferre alicui, vim alicui afferre (with violence): trucidare aliquem (to slaughter, like cattle): jugulare aliquem (to cut the throat, and so to kill): aliquem tollere de or e medio (general term, to remove). To seek to murder anyone, alicujus vitae insidiari; vitam alicujus ferro atque insidiis appetere; alicui interitum appetere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for murder?
- The usual Latin words for “murder” are caedēs, homicīdium, parricīdium; also occīsiō, interficiō, occidō. 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.