matricida

Latin

Etymology

From māter (“mother”) +‎ -cīda.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [maː.trɪˈkiː.da]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ma.t̪riˈt͡ʃiː.d̪a]

Noun

mātricīda m (genitive mātricīdae); first declension

A person who kills his own mother, matricide.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	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.