inter-nĕco

āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
I. to kill, destroy (ante- and post-class.; cf.: interficio, trucido, etc.).
I. Lit.: internecatis hostibus, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 34, 6. —
II. Transf.: sementes, Amm. 23, 6, 50: culmum, Prud. prooem. Apoth. 61.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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