fratricidium

Latin

Etymology

frāter (“brother”) +‎ -cīdium

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fraː.triˈkiː.di.um/, [fräːt̪rɪˈkiːd̪iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fra.triˈt͡ʃi.di.um/, [frät̪riˈt͡ʃiːd̪ium]

Noun

frātricīdium n (genitive frātricīdiī or frātricīdī); second declension

1. the murder of a brother, fratricide

Declension

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

• fratricida

References

• “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.