uxoricidium

Latin

Etymology

From uxor (“wife”) +‎ -i- +‎ -cīdium (“killing”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /uk.soː.riˈkiː.di.um/, [ʊks̠oːrɪˈkiːd̪iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /uk.so.riˈt͡ʃi.di.um/, [uksoriˈt͡ʃiːd̪ium]

Noun

uxōricīdium n (genitive uxōricīdiī or uxōricīdī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) The murdering of one's own wife; uxoricide

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	uxōricīdium	uxōricīdia
Genitive	uxōricīdiī uxōricīdī1	uxōricīdiōrum
Dative	uxōricīdiō	uxōricīdiīs
Accusative	uxōricīdium	uxōricīdia
Ablative	uxōricīdiō	uxōricīdiīs
Vocative	uxōricīdium	uxōricīdia

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

Descendants

• English: uxoricide
• French: uxoricide
• Italian: uxoricidio
• Portuguese: uxoricídio