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internĕcĭo (-nĭcĭo ), ōnis, f. interneco,
I.a massacre, general slaughter, carnage, utter destruction, extermination (class.): “neque resisti sine internecione posse arbitramur,” Cic. Att. 2, 20: “civium,” id. Cat. 3, 10: “bella, quae ad internecionem gesta sunt,” Nep. Eum. 3: “Lucerini ad internecionem caesi,” all put to the sword, Liv. 9, 26: “ad internecionem deleri,” to be utterly destroyed, id. 9, 45: “ad internecionem redigi,” Caes. B. G. 2, 28: “armis inter se ad internecionem concurrerunt,” till they despatched one another, Suet. Oth. 12: “persequi aliquem ad internecionem,” Curt. 4, 11.—
B. Of inanim. things: “vineta ad internecionem perducere,” Col. 4, 22, 8: “memoriae,” i. e. an utter loss of memory, Plin. 14 prooem. § 3.
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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    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 2.20
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 2.28
    • Cicero, Against Catiline, 3.10
    • Suetonius, Otho, 12
    • Cornelius Nepos, Eumenes, 3
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 14
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 9, 26
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 9, 45
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 4.22.8
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 4.11
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