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|lshtext=<b>ē-nĕco</b>: or ēnĭco, cŭi (enicavit, Plaut. As. 5, 2, 71), ctum ([[less]] freq. enecatum; in the<br /><b>I</b> [[part]]. enecatus, Plin. 18, 13, 34, § 127; 30, 12, 34, § 108; and, [[enectus]], id. 7, 9, 7, § 47; 26, 15, 90, § 159), 1 (old form of the fut. perf. enicasso, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 55 and 66), v. a., to [[kill]] [[off]], [[kill]] [[completely]], to [[kill]], [[stay]] (freq. and [[class]]., esp. in the transf. signif.; syn.: [[neco]], [[interficio]], [[interimo]], [[conficio]], [[caedo]], [[occido]], [[concido]], [[trucido]], jugulo, [[obtrunco]], etc.).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[puer]] [[ambo]] [[anguis]] enicat, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 67; id. Most. 1, 3, 62; id. Aul. 5, 22; id. Rud. 2, 5, 19; Varr. ap. Non. 81, 12; Plin. 23, 2, 31, § 63 et saep.: [[cicer]], [[ervum]], i. e. to [[stifle]] in [[growth]], to [[destroy]], Plin. 18, 17, 44, § 155; cf. Bacchum (i. e. [[vinum]]), Luc. 9, 434 ([[with]] exurere messes).—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., in gen., to [[exhaust]] [[utterly]], to [[wear]] [[out]], [[destroy]]: [[enectus]] [[Tantalus]] siti, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 5, 10 Fischer N. cr.; cf. [[fame]], Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 17; Cic. Div. 2, 35; Liv. 21, 40 al.: bos est [[enectus]] arando, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 87.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In colloq. lang., to [[torment]], [[torture]], [[plague]] to [[death]]: aliquem [[amando]], Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 41: aliquem jurgio, id. ib. 3, 2, 14: aliquem [[odio]], id. As. 5, 2, 71; id. Pers. 1, 1, 49; id. Rud. 4, 3, 7: aliquem rogitando, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 6; and [[simply]] aliquem, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 120; id. Am. 5, 1, 4.—Esp. freq.: enicas or enicas me, [[you]] [[kill]] me, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 45; 2, 4, 25; id. Poen. 5, 4, 98; id. Truc. 1, 2, 21; Ter. Ph. 2, 3, 37; 5, 6, 16. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.: ea [[pars]] animi, quae voluptate alitur, nec [[inopia]] enecta nec satietate affluenti, Cic. Div. 1, 29, 61; cf. id. Att. 6, 1, 2.

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