tyrannicidium
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]tyrannus (“tyrant”) + -cīdium
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ty.ran.niˈkiː.di.um/, [t̪ʏränːɪˈkiːd̪iʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ti.ran.niˈt͡ʃi.di.um/, [t̪iränːiˈt͡ʃiːd̪ium]
Noun
[edit]tyrannicīdium n (genitive tyrannicīdiī or tyrannicīdī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tyrannicīdium | tyrannicīdia |
| genitive | tyrannicīdiī tyrannicīdī1 |
tyrannicīdiōrum |
| dative | tyrannicīdiō | tyrannicīdiīs |
| accusative | tyrannicīdium | tyrannicīdia |
| ablative | tyrannicīdiō | tyrannicīdiīs |
| vocative | tyrannicīdium | tyrannicīdia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- English: tyrannicide
References
[edit]- “tyrannicidium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tyrannicidium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.