LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefirst declension

parricīda

parricīda m or f (genitive parricīdae)
Classical[par.rɪˈkiː.da]Ecclesiastical[par.riˈt͡ʃiː.da]

Meaning

  1. parricide (person)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeparricīdaparricīdae
pāricīdae
genitiveparricīdae
pāricīdae		parricīdārum
pāricīdārum
dativeparricīdae
pāricīdae		parricīdīs
pāricīdīs
accusativeparricīdam
pāricīdam		parricīdās
ablativeparricīdāparricīdīs
pāricīdīs
vocativeparricīdaparricīdae
pāricīdae

parrĭcīda (pārĭcīda; old collat. form of the
I. nom. sing. PARICIDAS, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Fest. s. v. parrici, p. 221 Müll.), ae, comm. the etym. is disputed; most prob. it is for patricida, from pater-caedo, Quint. 8, 6, 35, the murderer of his or her father or parents, a parricide.
I. Lit.: majores supplicium in parricidas singulare, Cic. Rosc. Am. 25, 70: nisi forte magis erit parricida, si qui consularem patrem quam si humilem necarit, id. Mil. 7, 17; Sen. Clem. 1, 23, 2; Suet. Aug. 34: Telegoni juga parricidae, Hor. C. 3, 29, 8; Plin. 7, 45, 46, § 149; cf. Sen. ad Marc. 26, 4; Vulg. 1 Tim. 1, 9.—
II. Transf.
A. The murderer of a near relative: parricida matris quoque aut fratris interfector, Quint. 8, 6, 35: Virginius occisā filiā, ne se ut parricidam liberum aversarentur, etc., Liv. 3, 50, 5; the murderer of his sister, Flor. 1, 3, 6; 3, 1, 6; cf.: Paul. Sent. 5, tit. 24.—*
2. Adj.: parricida nex, fratricidal, Arn. 3, 115 fin.—
B. The murderer of the chief magistrate (as the father of the country); of the murderers of Cæsar: si parricidae (sunt), cur? etc., Cic. Phil. 2, 13, 31 (v. the passage in connection); cf. id. Fam. 12, 3, 1: Brutus suarum prius virtutum quam patriae parentis parricida, Val. Max. 6, 4, 5; Aus. Caes. 21, 2.—
C. The murderer of a free citizen, a murderer, assassin (syn.: sicarius, percussor): si qui hominem liberum dolo sciens morti duit, paricidas esto, Lex Numae Pompilii ap. Fest. p. 221 Müll.; Lex Tribunic. ap. Fest. s. v. Sacer Mons, p. 318 Müll.: parricida civium, Cic. Cat. 1, 12, 29.—
D. One guilty of high-treason, a traitor (qs. the murderer of his country), a rebel, a sacrilegious wretch, etc.: sacrum sacrove commendatum qui clepserit rapseritque parricida esto, Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22: magno cum dolore parricidarum, i. e. of Antony's adherents, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 5: parricidae reipublicae, of Catiline's associates, Sall. C. 51, 25; 14, 3: vos de crudelissimis parricidis quid statuatis cunctamini? id. ib. 52, 31: Catilinae obstrepere omnes; hostem atque parricidam vocare, id. ib. 31, 8; Flor. 4, 1, 10; Tac. H. 1, 85; id. A. 4, 34, 2.

Origins

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 parricīda From pār (“equal”) + -cīda.

Descendants
  • Catalanparricida
  • Englishparricidefrom Middle French parricide
  • Frenchparricidefrom Middle French parricide
  • Portugueseparricida

In English words that came into English from parricīda

  • parricideparricīda

Quick answers

What does parricīda mean in Latin?
parricīda, a noun, means “parricide (person)”.
What is the genitive of parricīda?
The genitive singular is parricīdae. parricīda is masculine, first declension.
How do you pronounce parricīda?
In classical Latin, [par.rɪˈkiː.da]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [par.riˈt͡ʃiː.da].