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parricide — 1. (pa ri si d ) s. m. et f. 1° Celui, celle qui tue son père ou sa mère, son aïeul ou son aïeule, ou quelque autre de ses ascendants. • Ô partage inégal de ce courroux céleste ! Je suis le parricide...., CORN. Oedipe, IV, 5. 2° Par… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
Parricide — (Latin parricida , killer of a close relative) stemming from (Latin parri , alike or equal, and cida , cide, or killer) is defined as: #the act of murdering one s father (patricide), mother (matricide), or other close relative #the act of… … Wikipedia
parricide — Parricide. s. m. Celuy qui tuë son pere. Il se dit aussi par extension de celuy qui tuë sa mere, son frere, sa soeur, ses enfants &c. On ne peut trop punir les parricides. Il signifie aussi Le crime que commet celuy qui tuë son pere. Parricide… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
parricide — par·ri·cide / par ə ˌsīd/ n [Latin parricida killer of a close relative] 1: a person who murders his or her mother or father or sometimes a close relative 2: the act of a parricide Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
parricide — parricide, patricide Both words come from the Latin word pater meaning ‘father’, but in current use parricide is the killing of a parent or other near relative whereas patricide is more specifically the killing of one s father. They are used to… … Modern English usage
parricide — ► NOUN 1) the killing of a parent or other near relative. 2) a person who commits parricide. DERIVATIVES parricidal adjective. ORIGIN Latin parricidium, with unknown first element associated with Latin pater father and parens parent … English terms dictionary
Parricide — Par ri*cide, n. [F., fr. L. parricida; pater father + caedere to kill. See {Father}, {Homicide}, and cf. {Patricide}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Properly, one who murders one s own father; in a wider sense, one who murders one s father or mother or any… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
parricide — Parricide, Parricidium … Thresor de la langue françoyse
parricide — [par′ə sīd΄] n. [Fr < L parricida, earlier paricida < IE base * pāsos, a relative (> Gr pēos, one related by marriage) + L cida, CIDE] 1. the act of murdering one s parent, someone having a similar relationship, or a close relative 2. [L … English World dictionary
parricide — 1. parricide [ parisid ] n. • 1190; lat. par(r)icida ♦ Personne qui a commis un parricide (2.). Condamnation d une parricide. ♢ Adj. Fils parricide. Attentat, complot parricide. parricide 2. parricide [ parisid ] n. m. • 1372; lat. parricidium 1… … Encyclopédie Universelle
