parricidi
Dictionary entries
- Entry →parricidium, parricidi(i):
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
parricide; murder of near relative; assassination (of head of state); treason;
gen. sg.
Examples
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...deos tam parvi pendit? . TRACH. Fraudis sceleris parricidi periuri plenis , legirupa impudens impurus inverecundissimus, uno verbo absolvam, lenost..."BELLUM CATILINAE
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...inmoderatae fortitudinis morte poenas dedit: vos de crudelissumis parricidis quid statuatis, cunctamini? Videlicet cetera vita eorum huic sceleri..."