homicida

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: homicidas, homicidât

Verb

homicida

1. third-person singular past historic of homicider

Latin

Etymology

homō (“person”) +‎ -cīda

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ho.miˈkiː.da/, [hɔmɪˈkiːd̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /o.miˈt͡ʃi.da/, [omiˈt͡ʃiːd̪ä]

Noun

homicīda m or f (genitive homicīdae); first declension

1. a murderer, a manslayer, a slayer of men; a murderess

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	homicīda	homicīdae
Genitive	homicīdae	homicīdārum
Dative	homicīdae	homicīdīs
Accusative	homicīdam	homicīdās
Ablative	homicīdā	homicīdīs
Vocative	homicīda	homicīdae

Derived terms

• homicīdium

Descendants

• Catalan: homicida
• English: homicide
• French: homicide
• Galician: homicida
• Italian: omicida
• Portuguese: homicida
• Spanish: homicida

References

• “homicida”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “homicida”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• homicida 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)
• homicida in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• homicida in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin homicīda.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.miˈsi.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.miˈsi.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.miˈsi.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.miˈsi.dɐ/ [ɔ.miˈsi.ðɐ]

• Hyphenation: ho‧mi‧ci‧da

Adjective

homicida m or f (plural homicidas)

1. homicidal (of or pertaining to homicide)

Noun

homicida m or f by sense (plural homicidas)

1. murderer; homicide (a person who kills another)

   Synonym: assassino

Related terms

• homicídio

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin homicīda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /omiˈθida/ [o.miˈθi.ð̞a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /omiˈsida/ [o.miˈsi.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ida
• Syllabification: ho‧mi‧ci‧da

Adjective

homicida m or f (masculine and feminine plural homicidas)

1. murderous, homicidal

Noun

homicida m or f by sense (plural homicidas)

1. murderer

   Synonym: asesino

Derived terms

• arma homicida

 

Related terms

• homicidio

 

Further reading

• “homicida”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014