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).

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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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