noun · femininethird declension
interneciō
interneciō f (genitive interneciōnis)
Meaning
- massacre, slaughter, carnage
- destruction, extermination
Quare ne committeret ut is locus ubi constitissent ex calamitate populi Romani et internecione exercitus nomen caperet aut memoriam proderet.
Wherefore let him not bring it to pass that the place where they were standing should acquire a name from the disaster of the Roman people and the destruction of their army or transmit the remembrance [of such an event to posterity].c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 1.13
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
dēlētiō tōtālisinterniciō -ōnis (f) — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 20
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | interneciō | interneciōnēs interniciōnēs, internitiōnēs |
| genitive | interneciōnis interniciōnis, internitiōnis | interneciōnum interniciōnum, internitiōnum |
| dative | interneciōnī interniciōnī, internitiōnī | interneciōnibus interniciōnibus, internitiōnibus |
| accusative | interneciōnem interniciōnem, internitiōnem | interneciōnēs interniciōnēs, internitiōnēs |
| ablative | interneciōne interniciōne, internitiōne | interneciōnibus interniciōnibus, internitiōnibus |
| vocative | interneciō | interneciōnēs interniciōnēs, internitiōnēs |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- hostes ad internecionem caedere, delere (Liv. 9. 26)
- to absolutely annihilate the enemy.
- gentem ad internecionem redigere or adducere (B. G. 2. 28)
- to completely annihilate a nation.
internĕcĭo (-nĭcĭo), ōnis, f. interneco,
I. a massacre, general slaughter, carnage, utter destruction, extermination (class.):
neque resisti sine internecione posse arbitramur, Cic. Att. 2, 20: civium, id. Cat. 3, 10: bella, quae ad internecionem gesta sunt, Nep. Eum. 3: Lucerini ad internecionem caesi, all put to the sword, Liv. 9, 26: ad internecionem deleri, to be utterly destroyed, id. 9, 45: ad internecionem redigi, Caes. B. G. 2, 28: armis inter se ad internecionem concurrerunt, till they despatched one another, Suet. Oth. 12: persequi aliquem ad internecionem, Curt. 4, 11.—B. Of inanim. things:
vineta ad internecionem perducere, Col. 4, 22, 8: memoriae, i. e. an utter loss of memory, Plin. 14 prooem. § 3.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
interneciō (-niciō) ōnis, f
inter+1 NEC-, a massacre, slaughter, carnage, extermination, destruction: internicione civĩs liberare: bella ad internecionem gesta, N.: ad internecionem caesi, all put to the sword, L.: ad internecionem redigi, Cs.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
- Proto-Italic*n̥ter
- Latininterneciō
Latin inter- Latin necō Latin interneco Proto-Indo-European *-ōder. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.? Latin -ō Latin -iō Latin interneciō From interneco (“to kill, destroy”) + -iō.