LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefirst declension

mātricīda

mātricīda m (genitive mātricīdae)
Classical[maː.trɪˈkiː.da]Ecclesiastical[ma.triˈt͡ʃiː.da]

Meaning

  1. A person who kills his own mother, matricide.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativemātricīdamātricīdae
genitivemātricīdaemātricīdārum
dativemātricīdaemātricīdīs
accusativemātricīdammātricīdās
ablativemātricīdāmātricīdīs
vocativemātricīdamātricīdae

mātrĭcīda (scanned matrĭcĭda, Sid. Carm. 5, 291), ae, comm. mater-caedo,
I. a mother's murderer, a matricide (rare but class.): quem scribis certissimum matricidam, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2; Nep. Alc. 6, 2: cantavit Oresten matricidam, Suet. Ner. 21.—In tmesi: matrique cida Nero, Aus. de XII. Caes. 35 (al. matrīcīda Nero).

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*méh₂tēr
  2. Proto-Italic*mātēr
  3. Latinmātricīda

Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kh₂éydeti Proto-Italic *kaidō Latin caedō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin -cīda Latin mātricīda From māter (“mother”) + -cīda.

Descendants
  • Catalanmatricida
  • Englishmatricide
  • Frenchmatricide
  • Portuguesematricida
  • Spanishmatricida

In English words that came into English from mātricīda

  • matricidemātricīda

Quick answers

What does mātricīda mean in Latin?
mātricīda, a noun, means “A person who kills his own mother, matricide.”.
What is the genitive of mātricīda?
The genitive singular is mātricīdae. mātricīda is masculine, first declension.
How do you pronounce mātricīda?
In classical Latin, [maː.trɪˈkiː.da]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ma.triˈt͡ʃiː.da].
Where does mātricīda come from?
Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr → Proto-Italic *mātēr → Latin mātricīda.