internecio
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Etymology tree
From interneco (“to kill, destroy”) + -iō.
Noun
interneciō f (genitive interneciōnis); third declension
- massacre, slaughter, carnage
- destruction, extermination
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.13:
- 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].
- Quare ne committeret ut is locus ubi constitissent ex calamitate populi Romani et internecione exercitus nomen caperet aut memoriam proderet.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | interneciō | interneciōnēs |
| genitive | interneciōnis | interneciōnum |
| dative | interneciōnī | interneciōnibus |
| accusative | interneciōnem | interneciōnēs |
| ablative | interneciōne | interneciōnibus |
| vocative | interneciō | interneciōnēs |
Related terms
- interneciēs
- internecium
References
- “internecio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “internecio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “internecio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to absolutely annihilate the enemy: hostes ad internecionem caedere, delere (Liv. 9. 26)
- to completely annihilate a nation: gentem ad internecionem redigere or adducere (B. G. 2. 28)
- to absolutely annihilate the enemy: hostes ad internecionem caedere, delere (Liv. 9. 26)