fratricidium
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /fraː.triˈkiː.di.um/, [fräːt̪rɪˈkiːd̪iʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fra.triˈt͡ʃi.di.um/, [frät̪riˈt͡ʃiːd̪ium]
Noun edit
frātricīdium n (genitive frātricīdiī or frātricīdī); second declension
- the murder of a brother, fratricide
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | frātricīdium | frātricīdia |
| Genitive | frātricīdiī frātricīdī1 |
frātricīdiōrum |
| Dative | frātricīdiō | frātricīdiīs |
| Accusative | frātricīdium | frātricīdia |
| Ablative | frātricīdiō | frātricīdiīs |
| Vocative | frātricīdium | frātricīdia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms edit
References edit
- “fratricidium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- fratricidium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.