Vocabulary Building: Kill



 

 

Latin verb:
English:
NECO, necare (1) kill, slay, put to death, destroy
CAEDO, caedere, cecidi, caesum hew, cut down, cut off, beat, strike
OCCIDO, occidere, occidi, occisum strike down, knock down, kill, slay
SECO, secare, secui, sectus carve, cut off, amputate, injure, run through
ABSCINDO, abscindere, abscidi, abscissum cut off, take away violently
PERCUTIO, percutere, percussi, percussum strike, thrust through, pierce, slay, beat, kill, smite
FERIO, ferire, —, — strike, smite, beat, kill, slay
VERBERO, verberare (1) beat, beat to death
INTEREMO, interemere, interemi, interemptus take away, do away with, abolish, kill, destroy
PEREMO, peremere, peremi, peremptus take away, do away with, abolish, kill, destroy

 

June 12, 2009 7:46 PM

John Paul Adams, CSUN
john.p.adams@csun.edu

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