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Latin
Etymology
soror (“sister”) + -cīda
Pronunciation
Noun
sorōricīda m (genitive sorōricīdae); first declension
- a person who murders his sister
Declension
First-declension noun.
References
- “sororicida”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sororicida”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sororicida in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- sororicida in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016