sororicida

Latin

Etymology

soror (“sister”) +‎ -cīda

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /so.roː.riˈkiː.da/, [s̠ɔroːrɪˈkiːd̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /so.ro.riˈt͡ʃi.da/, [sororiˈt͡ʃiːd̪ä]

Noun

sorōricīda m (genitive sorōricīdae); first declension

1. a person who murders his sister

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sorōricīda	sorōricīdae
Genitive	sorōricīdae	sorōricīdārum
Dative	sorōricīdae	sorōricīdīs
Accusative	sorōricīdam	sorōricīdās
Ablative	sorōricīdā	sorōricīdīs
Vocative	sorōricīda	sorōricīdae

Related terms

• sororicidium

References

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