parricida

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

parricīda (pārī-) ae

pater+2 SAC-, one who slays his father, a murderer of his parent, parricide : supplicium in parricidas singulare excogitare: Telegoni iuga parricidae, H.— A murderer of a near kinsman : liberūm, L.— An assassin of the chief magistrate (as the father of the country): si parricidae (sunt), cur? etc.— A murderer, assassin : civium.— A parricide, outlaw, traitor, desperate criminal : sacrum qui clepsit parricida esto, C.(lex): crudelissimi, S.

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