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“fratricide” in Latin
frātricīdaa brother's murderer, fratricideparricīdaparricide (person)parricīdiumparricide (act)frātricīdiumfratricide (the murder of one's brother)
The English word fratricide itself goes back to Latin frāter, through frātricīdium.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
fratricide
Murderer of his brother, fratricida: parricida (murderer of any near relation).
Murder of a brother, parricidium fraternum: fraterna nex: fratris eaedes: from context, parricidium only (murder of any near relation): fratricidium (late). To commit fratricide, manus sanguine fraterno cruentare (after Nep., Epam., 10, 3); parricidio fraterno contaminari; also, fratrem necare or vita privare.
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- What is the Latin word for fratricide?
- The usual Latin words for “fratricide” are frātricīda, parricīda, parricīdium; also frātricīdium. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.