homicida Latin · revision 33660

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=la homō, la caedō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [hɔ.mɪˈkiː.da]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [o.miˈt͡ʃiː.da]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''homicīda''' ''m'' or f (genitive homicīdae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

+ It is masculine, and also feminine of a woman.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|homō|-cīda|t1=man|t2=killer]], the second part from [[m|la|caedō|t=to cut down, kill]], formed like [[m|la|parricīda]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Etymonline) De Vaan traces [[m|la|caedō]] to [[itc-pro|*kaid-e/o-]] and [[ine-pro|*keh₂id-|t=to cut, hew]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Cicero,^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) who asks whether certain men are murderers or liberators, ''homicidaene sint an vindices libertatis''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a manslayer or murderer.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Döderlein notes that it denotes the killer in general, as far as killing is a crime, like Greek [[m|grc|ἀνδροφόνος|tr=androphónos]], whereas [[interfector]] is the slayer of a particular person.^(Döderlein 1874) Horace uses it of an epic hero as a killer of men, ''homicīdam Hectorem''.^(OLD 2012) It is common in the Germanic law codes of the early Middle Ages.^(Köbler 2010) Church Latin has it as murderer.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|homicide]] in the sense “person who kills” (late 14th century) came from it through French.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, “murderers or liberators”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace, of Hector.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English [[m|en|homicide]], a killer.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|murderer]], manslayer, [[m|en|homicide]]; a murderess.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Of an epic hero, a killer of men.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[homicīdālis]]

+ * [[homicīdium]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[homō]]

+ * [[caedō]]

+ * [[parricīda]]

+ * [[en|homicide]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}