Fordicidia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Fordicīdia, from forda (“pregnant cow”) +‎ -cīdia, plural of -cīdium (“denoting an act of slaughter”).

Proper noun

Fordicidia

  1. An ancient Roman festival of fertility, held two days after the Ides of April (April 15).

Latin

Etymology

From forda (“pregnant cow”) +‎ -cīdia, plural of -cīdium (“denoting an act of slaughter”).

Noun

Fordicīdia n pl (genitive Fordicīdiōrum); second declension

  1. Fordicidia

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

plural
nominative Fordicīdia
genitive Fordicīdiōrum
dative Fordicīdiīs
accusative Fordicīdia
ablative Fordicīdiīs
vocative Fordicīdia
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