English → Latin
“homicide” in Latin
caedēsthe act of cutting or lopping something off; the act of striking with the fist, a beating; murder, assassination, killinhomicīdiumhomicide, manslaughter, murderinterficiōto kill, destroy, assassinate, slayīnferōto carry, bring, put, place, or throw in, into, to, or upon somewhere or something; insert; to bring forward, introduce,homicīdaa murderer, a manslayer, a slayer of men; a murderess
The English word homicide itself goes back to Latin homō̆, through homicīda.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
homicide
hominis caedes, or, from context, caedes only: homicidium (post-Augustan, Quint., Plin.): mors alicui sed non per scelus illata (after Cic., Mil., 7, 17; to distinguish it from the crime of murder). To be guilty of homicide, hominis caedem facere; hominem caedere, interficere. To be only guilty of homicide (not of murder), tantum homicidam esse (Sen., though not in our sense); perhaps mortem alicui, sed non per scelus, inferre (mortem per scelus inferre, Cic., Mil., 7, 17): to be put on his trial for homicide, homicidii accusari (Quint.).
homicide
(the person)(the person), homicida: qui hominem interfecit, etc. (Vid: preceding word): *qui mortem alicui, sed non per scelus intulit.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for homicide?
- The usual Latin words for “homicide” are caedēs, homicīdium, interficiō; also īnferō, homicīda. 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.