FRATRICIDE Copy link • FRATRICIDEMurderer of his brother, fratricida: parricida (murderer of any near relation). Murder of a brother, parricidium fraternum: fraterna nex: fratris eaedes: from context, parricidium only (murder of any near relation): fratricidium (late). To commit fratricide, manus sanguine fraterno cruentare (after Nep., Epam., 10, 3); parricidio fraterno contaminari; also, fratrem necare or vita privare.