matricida

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From māter (mother) +‎ -cīda.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

mātricīda m (genitive mātricīdae); first declension

  1. A person who kills his own mother, matricide.

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mātricīda mātricīdae
Genitive mātricīdae mātricīdārum
Dative mātricīdae mātricīdīs
Accusative mātricīdam mātricīdās
Ablative mātricīdā mātricīdīs
Vocative mātricīda mātricīdae

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Descendants[edit]

  • Catalan: matricida
  • English: matricide
  • French: matricide
  • Portuguese: matricida
  • Spanish: matricida

References[edit]

  • matricida”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • matricida”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • matricida in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.