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Latin
Etymology
From occīdō + -iō.
Noun
occīdiō f (genitive occīdiōnis); third declension
- a massacre, extermination
- Synonyms: occīsiō, nex, lētum, homicīdium
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
“occīdĭo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “occidio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- occidio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to absolutely annihilate the enemy: hostium copias occidione occīdere (Liv. 2. 51)