lignicida

Latin

Etymology

lignum (“wood”) +‎ -cīda

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /liɡ.niˈkiː.da/, [lʲɪŋnɪˈkiːd̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /liɲ.ɲiˈt͡ʃi.da/, [liɲːiˈt͡ʃiːd̪ä]

Noun

lignicīda m (genitive lignicīdae); first declension

1. one who cuts or hews wood, woodcutter

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	lignicīda	lignicīdae
genitive	lignicīdae	lignicīdārum
dative	lignicīdae	lignicīdīs
accusative	lignicīdam	lignicīdās
ablative	lignicīdā	lignicīdīs
vocative	lignicīda	lignicīdae

References

• “lignicida”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lignicida in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.