tyrannicidium
Latin
Etymology
tyrannus (“tyrant”) + -cīdium
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ty.ran.niˈkiː.di.um/, [tʏ.ran.nɪˈkiː.di.ʊ̃]
Noun
tyrannicīdium n (genitive tyrannicīdiī or tyrannicīdī); second declension
- tyrannicide
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tyrannicīdium | tyrannicīdia |
| Genitive | tyrannicīdiī tyrannicīdī1 | tyrannicīdiōrum |
| Dative | tyrannicīdiō | tyrannicīdiīs |
| Accusative | tyrannicīdium | tyrannicīdia |
| Ablative | tyrannicīdiō | tyrannicīdiīs |
| Vocative | tyrannicīdium | tyrannicīdia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms
- tyranna
- tyrannicē
- tyrannicīda
- tyrannicus
- tyrannis
Descendants
- English: tyrannicide
References
- tyrannicidium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tyrannicidium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette