parricide Copy link Outline I. The agent1. parrĭcīda (the murderer of any near relative; not merely of a father2. patris (parentis) interfector, occīsor (rare)II. The act • parricide: I. The agent: 1. parrĭcīda (the murderer of any near relative; not merely of a father: see matricide, fratricide): Cic. Mil. 7, 17: Hor. Often used of high traitors (p. reipublicae, Sall. Cat. 51): to denounce as an enemy and p., hostem atque p. vocare, Sall. Cat. 31: Tac. 2. patris (parentis) interfector, occīsor (rare): v. murderer. Or expr. by verb: the p. shall be sewn up in a sack, qui patrem occiderit (necaverit), culeo insuatur, Quint. 7, 8, 6. II. The act: parrĭcīdium (with the same extent of meaning as parricida: v. supr.): Cic.: Suet. Or expr. by verb: to be guilty of p., patrem necavisse, occidisse: v. to murder.
PARRICIDE Copy link • PARRICIDEMurder of a parent, parricidium; caedes (general term for murder): to commit parricide, parricidium or caedem facere; parricidio se obstringere; parricidio se inquinare or se maculare, sanguine nefando se respergere. The murderer of a parent, parricida: patris (matris, etc.) interfector (Quint.): parricida parentis sui; or, by circumlocution, qui patrem (matrem, etc.) occidit or necavit: parricidio obstrictus or inquinatus.