iugulo

iugulō āvī, ātus, āre

iugulum, to cut the throat, kill, slay, murder : finis iugulandi, S.: civīs iugulari iussit: homines, H.: tum rite sacratas In flammam iugulant pecudes, slaughter and throw , V.—Fig., to destroy, overthrow : Pompeianorum causa totiens iugulata: Memnona, murder (in bad verse), H.— To choke off, confute, convict, silence : hominem, T.: iugulari suā confessione: Suo sibi gladio hunc iugulo, foil with his own devices , T.: gladio plumbeo, i. e. without difficulty .