omicidio Italian · revision 37810

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=13th century, Patecchio, Splanamento (Cremona)|origins=la homō, la caedō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /o.miˈt͡ʃi.djo/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''omicidio''' ''m'' (plural omicidi)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a learned word, [[bor|la|homicīdium|t=homicide]], from [[m|la|homicīda|t=man-slayer]].^(DELI 1999)^(Nocentini 2010)^(OLD 2012) The Latin noun is a compound of [[m|la|homō|t=man, human being]] and [[m|la|-cīdium|t=killing]], from the stem of [[m|la|caedō|t=to cut; to kill]].^(Nocentini 2010)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Gabrielli 2020) Semi-popular forms of the same word are [[fro|omecire]], [[pro|omicidi]] and [[es|homecillo]].^(DEI|2649)^(REW 1935) Popular forms without the initial vowel, [[roa-oit|micidio]] and [[m|roa-oit|mecidio]], were also used, and Zingarelli still lists the first as obsolete.^(TLIO)^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLIO's first record is in the 13th-century ''Splanamento'' of Patecchio of Cremona;^(TLIO)^(Zingarelli 2010) Zingarelli dates the word 1266.^(TLIO)^(Zingarelli 2010) DELI's first Tuscan record is ''omecidio'' in Iacopone da Todi before 1306, where the poet warns of the dangers by which ''omecidia'' are born and families are ruined;^(DELI 1999)^(GDLI|11, 936) ''omicidio'' is in Domenico Cavalca before 1342.^(DELI 1999)^(GDLI|11, 936)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Old Italian the word meant the killing of one or more people, the crime of killing, and also a slaughter of many.^(TLIO) The old plural was the feminine ''le omicidia'', which Giovanni Villani still uses.^(Tommaseo–Bellini 1861)^(Prati 1951) Prati notes that the word was never really popular.^(Prati 1951)

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+ In modern law ''omicidio'' is any unlawful killing of a person, its kinds marked by adjectives: ''omicidio colposo'' (through negligence), ''omicidio preterintenzionale'' (death following blows not meant to kill), ''omicidio premeditato'' and ''omicidio volontario''.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Treccani 2011)^(Zingarelli 2010) The phrase ''omicidio bianco'' names a worker's death caused by the lack of safety measures, and ''omicidio stradale'' a road death caused by a drunk or reckless driver.^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(GDLI|11, 936)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1266 – Zingarelli's date for the word.^(Zingarelli 2010)

+ * 13th century – Patecchio of Cremona uses it in the ''Splanamento''.^(TLIO)

+ * Before 1306 – Iacopone da Todi uses ''omecidio''.^(DELI 1999)^(GRADIT 2003)

+ * Before 1342 – Domenico Cavalca uses ''omicidio''.^(DELI 1999)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|murder]], [[m|en|homicide]]: the killing of one or more people: ''La polizia indaga su un omicidio avvenuto in periferia.''^(GRADIT 2003)^(Sabatini–Coletti 2026)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(law)'' The crime of causing the death of a person: ''omicidio colposo'', ''omicidio volontario''.^(Devoto–Oli 2026)^(Zingarelli 2010)^(Treccani 2011)

+ # ''(obsolete)'' A [[m|en|slaughter]], massacre.^(TLIO)^(Zingarelli 2010)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[omicida]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[uomo]]

+ * [[suicidio]]

+ * [[la|homicīdium]]

+ * [[en|homicide]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}