interfector

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

interfector, ōris, m. [interficio], a slayer, murderer.

I Lit.: alicujus, Cic. Mil. 27, 72; id. Phil. 1, 14, 35; Nep. Att. 8, 3; Tac. A. 1, 9; 12, 48; 14, 44; Liv. 24, 7, 7; 44, 40, 9. —

II Trop., a destroyer : veritatis, Tert. Carn. Christ. 5.

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