uxoricidium
Latin
Etymology
From uxor (“wife”) + -cīdium (“killing”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ʊk.soː.rɪˈkiː.di.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [uk.so.riˈt͡ʃiː.d̪i.um]
Noun
uxōricīdium n (genitive uxōricīdiī or uxōricīdī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin) The murdering of one's own wife; uxoricide
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| 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