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intĕr-ĭmo (better than interĕmo , Bramb. s. v., but v. Munro, Lucr. Introd. p. 33), ēmi, emptum, or emtum, 3, v. a. emo,
I.to take out of the midst, to take away, do away with, abolish; to destroy, slay, kill (syn.: interficio, perimo; class.).
I. Lit.: “Abantem,” Verg. A. 10, 428: “vitam,” Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 29: “interimendorum sacrorum causā,” Cic. Mur. 12, 27: “qui Argum dicitur interemisse,” id. N. D. 3, 22, 56: “sensum,” Lucr. 3, 288: “se,” Plaut. Cist. 3, 13: “si quae interimant, innumerabilia sint, etiam ea quae conservent, infinita esse debere,” Cic. N. D. 1, 19, 50: “Hasdrubale interempto,” Hor. C. 1, 4, 72: qui ferro sunt interempti. Quint. 3, 8, 5.—So with se, to kill one's self, commit suicide: “Lucretia se ipsa interemit,” Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 66.—
II. Transf., to kill, i. e. to distress intolerably: “illaec interemit me modo hic oratio,” Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 22: “me quidem, judices, exanimant et interimunt hae voces Milonis,” distress me, Cic. Mil. 34.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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