-cidium

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-der.

Proto-Italic *kaidō

Latin caedō

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -a

Latin -cīda

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ium

Latin -cidium

From -cīda (suffix denoting “killer”, “cutter”) + -ium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkiː.di.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃiː.di.um]

Suffix

-cīdium n (genitive -cīdiī or -cīdī); second declension

1. Denotes an act of killing or a slaughter

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	-cīdium	-cīdia
genitive	-cīdiī -cīdī1	-cīdiōrum
dative	-cīdiō	-cīdiīs
accusative	-cīdium	-cīdia
ablative	-cīdiō	-cīdiīs
vocative	-cīdium	-cīdia

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

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -cidium

bovicidium

deicidium

feminicidium

Fordicidia

fratricidium

gnaticidium

homicidium

infanticidium

matricidium

naticidium

parenticidium

parricidium

patricidium

sororicidium

suicidium

tyrannicidium

uxoricidium

Descendants

• English: -cide (merged with -cīda)
• Dalmatian: -cido
• Italian: -cidio
• Spanish: -cidio
• Portuguese: -cídio