matricidium
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [maː.trɪˈkiː.di.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ma.t̪riˈt͡ʃiː.d̪i.um]
Noun
mātricīdium n (genitive mātricīdiī or mātricīdī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mātricīdium | mātricīdia |
| genitive | mātricīdiī mātricīdī1 |
mātricīdiōrum |
| dative | mātricīdiō | mātricīdiīs |
| accusative | mātricīdium | mātricīdia |
| ablative | mātricīdiō | mātricīdiīs |
| vocative | mātricīdium | mātricīdia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms
Descendants
- Portuguese: matricídio
- Spanish: matricidio
References
- “matricidium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “matricidium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- matricidium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.