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æcidium — … Useful english dictionary
-cide — ♦ Élément, du lat. cædere « tuer » : coricide, fratricide, génocide, homicide, insecticide, parricide, régicide, suicide. cide élément, du lat. caedes, caedis, action d abattre, meurtre . ⇒ CIDE, suff. Suff. issu du verbe lat. caedere dont il… … Encyclopédie Universelle
sororicide — sororicidal, adj. /seuh rawr euh suyd , ror /, n. 1. a person who kills his or her sister. 2. the act of killing one s own sister. [1650 60; < L sororicida one who kills his sister, cidium the act of killing one s sister, equiv. to soror (s. of… … Universalium
canicide — (ka ni si d ) s. m. Meurtre d un chien, mot employé pour désigner les nombreux sacrifices de chiens qui se font dans les expériences de physiologie. ÉTYMOLOGIE Canis, chien, et cidium (usité en composition : homi cidium), meurtre, de caedere,… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
suicide — (su i si d ) s. m. 1° Action de celui qui se tue lui même. • L abbé de Saint Cyran, le patriarche des jansénistes, autrefois homme célèbre pour un peu de temps, écrivait, en 1608, un livre en faveur du suicide, VOLT. Pol. et lég. Prix just.… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
-cide — noun combining form Etymology: Middle French, from Latin cida, from caedere to cut, kill 1. killer < insecticide > 2. [Middle French, from Latin cidium, from caedere] killing < suicide > … New Collegiate Dictionary
deicide — noun Etymology: ultimately from Latin deus god + cidium, cida cide more at deity Date: 1577 1. the act of killing a divine being or a symbolic substitute of such a being 2. the killer or destroyer of a god … New Collegiate Dictionary
fratricide — noun Etymology: in sense 1, from Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin fratricida, from fratr , frater brother + cida cide; in sense 2, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin fratricidium, from… … New Collegiate Dictionary
homicide — noun Etymology: in sense 1, from Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin homicida, from homo human being + cida cide; in sense 2, from Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin homicidium, from homo + cidium cide Date: 14th century 1. a … New Collegiate Dictionary
infanticide — noun Etymology: Late Latin infanticidium, from Latin infant , infans + i + cidium cide Date: 1611 1. the killing of an infant 2. [Late Latin infanticida, from Latin infant , infans + i + cida cide] one who kills an infant • infanticidal adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
