homicide Copy link Outline I. The slayerII. The deed1. hŏmĭcīdium2. caedes (hominis) • homicide: I. The slayer: hŏmĭcīda: Cic.: v. murderer. II. The deed: 1. hŏmĭcīdium: h. is atoned for by a certain number of cattle, luitur h. certo armentorum numero, Tac. G. 21: Petr.: v. murder. (N.B.--Homicidium had not the legal sense of the Eng., as distinguished from murder.) 2. caedes (hominis): Cic. Mil. 5, 13. Phr.: to bring in a verdict of justifiable h., *hominem recte ac jure caesum decernere, cf. Cic. Mil. 3, 8.