Parricide
41patricide, parricide, matricide — The Latin element cide means killer (as in regicide, the killing of a king; genocide, the planned annihilation of a cultural, political, or racial group; and insecticide, an agent used to kill insects). Patricide means one who murders his father… …
42Chlodoric the Parricide — Chlodoric (or Chloderic) the Patricide (died c. 509) murdered his own father, Sigobert the Lame, in order to take his kingdom. Chlodoric acted upon the instigation of Clovis I a rival king of the Salian Franks. After Sigobert s death Clovis then… …
43BEAUTIFUL PARRICIDE — BEATRICE CENCI (q.v. CENCI, THE) …
44patricide — 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… …
45parricidal — 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 …
46Violette Nozière — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Violette (homonymie) et Nozière. Violette Nozière Nom de naissance …
47Capital Punishment (Death Penalty) — Capital Punishment † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Capital Punishment The infliction by due legal process of the penalty of death as a punishment for crime. The Latins use the word capitalis (from caput, head) to describe that which… …
48Les Frères Karamazov — Première page de la première édition des Frères Karamazov Auteur Fiodor Dostoïevs …
49-cide — ♦ Élément, du lat. cædere « tuer » : coricide, fratricide, génocide, homicide, insecticide, parricide, régicide, suicide. cide élément, du lat. caedes, caedis, action d abattre, meurtre . ⇒ CIDE, suff. Suff. issu du verbe lat. caedere dont il… …
50matricide — 1. matricide [ matrisid ] n. • 1580; lat. matricida ♦ Rare Personne qui a tué sa mère. ⇒ 1. parricide. Adjt Enfant matricide. matricide 2. matricide [ matrisid ] n. m. • 1521; lat. matricidium ♦ Rare Crime de la personne qui a tué sa mère. ⇒ 2.… …
