matricidium
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /maː.triˈkiː.di.um/, [mäːt̪rɪˈkiːd̪iʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ma.triˈt͡ʃi.di.um/, [mät̪riˈt͡ʃiːd̪ium]
Noun
mātricīdium n (genitive mātricīdiī or mātricīdī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | 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.