tyrannicida

Latin

Etymology

tyrannus (“tyrant”) +‎ -cīda

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ty.ran.niˈkiː.da/, [t̪ʏränːɪˈkiːd̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ti.ran.niˈt͡ʃi.da/, [t̪iränːiˈt͡ʃiːd̪ä]

Noun

tyrannicīda m (genitive tyrannicīdae); first declension

1. one who kills a tyrant, an assassin

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	tyrannicīda	tyrannicīdae
genitive	tyrannicīdae	tyrannicīdārum
dative	tyrannicīdae	tyrannicīdīs
accusative	tyrannicīdam	tyrannicīdās
ablative	tyrannicīdā	tyrannicīdīs
vocative	tyrannicīda	tyrannicīdae

Related terms

• tyrannicīdium
• tyrannicus

References

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