homicidium

Latin

Etymology

homō (“man”) +‎ -cīdium

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ho.miˈkiː.di.um/, [hɔmɪˈkiːd̪iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /o.miˈt͡ʃi.di.um/, [omiˈt͡ʃiːd̪ium]

Noun

homicīdium n (genitive homicīdiī or homicīdī); second declension

1. homicide, manslaughter, murder

   Synonyms: occīsiō, lētum, excidium, iugulum, nex, occīdiō

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	homicīdium	homicīdia
Genitive	homicīdiī homicīdī1	homicīdiōrum
Dative	homicīdiō	homicīdiīs
Accusative	homicīdium	homicīdia
Ablative	homicīdiō	homicīdiīs
Vocative	homicīdium	homicīdia

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

Descendants

• Italian: omicidio
• Portuguese: homizio, homicídio (borrowing)
• Portuguese: Mezio
• Spanish: homicidio (borrowing)

References

• “homicidium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “homicidium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• homicidium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• homicidium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• homicidium in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016