-cidium

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Latin

Etymology

From -cīda (suffix denoting “killer”, “cutter”) +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-cīdium n (genitive -cīdiī or -cīdī); second declension

  1. Denotes an act of killing or a slaughter

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative -cīdium -cīdia
genitive -cīdiī
-cīdī1
-cīdiōrum
dative -cīdiō -cīdiīs
accusative -cīdium -cīdia
ablative -cīdiō -cīdiīs
vocative -cīdium -cīdia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: -cide (merged with -cīda)
  • Dalmatian: -cido
  • Italian: -cidio
  • Spanish: -cidio
  • Portuguese: -cídio