fratricidium

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Latin

Etymology

From frāter (“brother”) +‎ -cīdium.

Pronunciation

Noun

frātricīdium n (genitive frātricīdiī or frātricīdī); second declension

  1. fratricide (the murder of one's brother)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative frātricīdium frātricīdia
genitive frātricīdiī
frātricīdī1 		frātricīdiōrum
dative frātricīdiō frātricīdiīs
accusative frātricīdium frātricīdia
ablative frātricīdiō frātricīdiīs
vocative frātricīdium frātricīdia

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

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