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“parricide” in Latin
parricīdiumparricide (act)caedēsthe act of cutting or lopping something off; the act of striking with the fist, a beating; murder, assassination, killinparricīdaparricide (person)paterfather (male parent); head of household; parentmātermother (female parent); mother (source, origin); matron of a houseinterfectorkiller, murderer, slayer; destroyer
The English word parricide itself goes back to Latin pār, through parricīdium.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
parricide
Murder of a parent, parricidium; caedes (general term for murder): to commit parricide, parricidium or caedem facere; parricidio se obstringere; parricidio se inquinare or se maculare, sanguine nefando se respergere.
The murderer of a parent, parricida: patris (matris, etc.) interfector (Quint.): parricida parentis sui; or, by circumlocution, qui patrem (matrem, etc.) occidit or necavit: parricidio obstrictus or inquinatus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for parricide?
- The usual Latin words for “parricide” are parricīdium, caedēs, parricīda; also pater, māter, interfector. 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.