matricida

Latin

Etymology

From māter (“mother”) +‎ -cīda.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /maː.triˈkiː.da/, [mäːt̪rɪˈkiːd̪ä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ma.triˈt͡ʃi.da/, [mät̪riˈt͡ʃiːd̪ä]

Noun

mātricīda m (genitive mātricīdae); first declension

A person who kills his own mother, matricide.

Declension

First-declension noun.

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

Derived terms

mātricīdium

Related terms

Descendants

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

References

“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.

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