deicida

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin deicīda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.iˈt͡ʃi.da/
• Rhymes: -ida
• Hyphenation: de‧i‧cì‧da

Adjective

deicida m or f by sense (masculine plural deicidi, feminine plural deicide)

1. (literary) deicidal

Noun

deicida m or f by sense (masculine plural deicidi, feminine plural deicide)

1. (literary) deicide (killer of a god or goddess)

Derived terms

• deicidio

Further reading

• deicida in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• dedicai

Latin

Etymology

From Deus (“God”) +‎ -cīda. Calque of Ancient Greek θεοκτόνος (theoktónos)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [de.ɪˈkiː.da]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [de.iˈt͡ʃiː.da]

Noun

deicīda m (genitive deicīdae); first declension

1. slayer of God

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	deicīda	deicīdae
genitive	deicīdae	deicīdārum
dative	deicīdae	deicīdīs
accusative	deicīdam	deicīdās
ablative	deicīdā	deicīdīs
vocative	deicīda	deicīdae

Derived terms

• deicīdium

References

• “deicida”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “deicida”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin deicīda.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.iˈsi.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.iˈsi.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.iˈsi.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɐ.iˈsi.dɐ/ [dɐ.iˈsi.ðɐ]

Noun

deicida m or f by sense (plural deicidas)

1. deicide (killer of a god)

Further reading

• “deicida”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “deicida”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin deicīda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deiˈθida/ [d̪ei̯ˈθi.ð̞a] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /deiˈsida/ [d̪ei̯ˈsi.ð̞a] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ida
• Syllabification: dei‧ci‧da

Adjective

deicida m or f (masculine and feminine plural deicidas)

1. deicidal [from 1633]

Related terms

• deicidio

Further reading

• “deicida”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025