homicidium

Latin

Etymology

homō (man) + -cīdium

Pronunciation

Noun

homicīdium n (genitive homicīdiī or homicīdī); second declension

  1. homicide, manslaughter, murder
    Synonyms: occīsiō, lētum, excidium, iugulum, nex, occīdiō

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative homicīdium homicīdia
Genitive homicīdiī
homicīdī1
homicīdiōrum
Dative homicīdiō homicīdiīs
Accusative homicīdium homicīdia
Ablative homicīdiō homicīdiīs
Vocative homicīdium homicīdia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

  • Italian: omicidio
  • Portuguese: homizio, homicídio (borrowing)
  • Portuguese: Mezio
  • Spanish: homicidio (borrowing)

References

  • homicidium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • homicidium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • homicidium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • homicidium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • homicidium in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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