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occīsĭo , ōnis, f. 1. occīdo,
I.a massacre, slaughter, murder (class. but rare, except in eccl. Lat.; “sometimes interchanged in the MSS. with occidio): si caedes et occisio facta non erit,” Cic. Caecin. 14, 41: “parentis,” id. Inv. 1, 26, 37; App. M. 6, p. 184; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 14: “aestimati sumus sicut oves occisionis,” Vulg. Psa. 43, 21: “gladium ad occisionem,” id. Jer. 15, 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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    • Old Testament, Jeremiah, 15.3
    • Cicero, For Aulus Caecina, 14.41
    • Old Testament, Psalm, 43.21
    • Cicero, De Inventione, 1.26
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