tyrannicidium
Latin edit
Etymology edit
tyrannus (“tyrant”) + -cīdium
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ty.ran.niˈkiː.di.um/, [t̪ʏränːɪˈkiːd̪iʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ti.ran.niˈt͡ʃi.di.um/, [t̪iränːiˈt͡ʃiːd̪ium]
Noun edit
tyrannicīdium n (genitive tyrannicīdiī or tyrannicīdī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tyrannicīdium | tyrannicīdia |
| Genitive | tyrannicīdiī tyrannicīdī1 |
tyrannicīdiōrum |
| Dative | tyrannicīdiō | tyrannicīdiīs |
| Accusative | tyrannicīdium | tyrannicīdia |
| Ablative | tyrannicīdiō | tyrannicīdiīs |
| Vocative | tyrannicīdium | tyrannicīdia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- English: tyrannicide
References edit
- “tyrannicidium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tyrannicidium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.