matricida

Latin

Etymology

From māter (“mother”) +‎ -cīda.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mātricīda m (genitive mātricīdae); first declension

A person who kills his own mother, matricide.

Inflection

First declension.

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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