patricida

Latin

Etymology

From pater (“father”) +‎ -cīda.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pa.triˈkiː.da/, [pät̪rɪˈkiːd̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pa.triˈt͡ʃi.da/, [pät̪riˈt͡ʃiːd̪ä]

Noun

patricīda f (genitive patricīdae); first declension

1. patricide (murderer of his / her own father)

   Coordinate term: mātricīda

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	patricīda	patricīdae
genitive	patricīdae	patricīdārum
dative	patricīdae	patricīdīs
accusative	patricīdam	patricīdās
ablative	patricīdā	patricīdīs
vocative	patricīda	patricīdae

Synonyms

• parricīda

Related terms

• patricīdium (“murder of one's father”)

Descendants

• English: patricide

References

• “patricida”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “patricida”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• patricida in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Noun

patricida m or f by sense (plural patricidas)

1. Alternative form of parricida