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suicidium

See also: Suicidium

Czech

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈsuɪt͡siːdɪjum]

Noun

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suicidium n

  1. suicide
    Synonym: sebevražda

Declension

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Declension of suicidium (semisoft neuter foreign)
singular plural
nominative suicidium suicidia
genitive suicidia suicidií
dative suicidiu suicidiím
accusative suicidium suicidia
vocative suicidium suicidia
locative suicidiu suicidiích
instrumental suicidiem suicidii
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Further reading

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  • “suicidium”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Latin

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Etymology

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From suī (genitive reflexive pronoun) +‎ -cīdium (“act of killing or murder”). Its use in modern Romance languages and New Latin is attested later than, and perhaps ultimately from, English suicide.[1] Suicida (“self-killer”), from suī +‎ -cīda (“killer”), is attested in Walter of Saint Victor's Contra quatuor labyrinthos Franciae (c. 1177), but both suicidium and suicida were otherwise unfound throughout the Middle Ages.[2]

Noun

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suīcīdium n (genitive suīcīdiī); second declension

  1. (New Latin) suicide

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative suīcīdium suīcīdia
Genitive suīcīdiī suīcīdiōrum
Dative suīcīdiō suīcīdiīs
Accusative suīcīdium suīcīdia
Ablative suīcīdiō suīcīdiīs
Vocative suīcīdium suīcīdia

Synonyms

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Descendants

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All borrowed.

References

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  1. ^ Daube, David. “The Linguistics of Suicide.” Philosophy & Public Affairs, vol. 1, no. 4, 1972, pp. 387–437. JSTOR, [1]. Accessed 6 July 2023.
  2. ^ van Hooff, Anton J. L. “A Longer Life for ‘Suicide’: When Was the Latin Word for Self-Murderer Invented?” Romanische Forschungen, vol. 102, no. 2/3, 1990, pp. 255–59. JSTOR, [2]. Accessed 4 July 2023.
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