Definition of homicida
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LNS
homicīda, homicīdae
homocaedo
noun (c., 1st declension)
  1. a man-slayer, homicide, a murderer, murderess
  2. slayer of men
Abbreviations
homicīda, ae, comm. homo-caedo, a man-slayer, homicide, a murderer, murderess (syn.: interfector, sicarius, percussor). Lit.: statuendum tibi esse, utrum illi, qui istam rem gesserunt, homicidaene sint, an vindices libertatis ... Confiteor eos plus quam sicarios, plus quam homicidas, plus etiam quam parricidas esse, Cic. Phil. 2, 12, 30 sq.; Juv. 2, 26; Quint. 7, 3, 34: an, qui se interficit, homicida sit, id. 7, 3, 7: mandatores caedis perinde ut homicidae puniuntur, Paul. Sent. 5, 23, 11: qui, cum vellet occidere, id casu aliquo perpetrare non potuit, ut homicida punitur, id. 5, 23, 3; cf. Gai Inst. 3, 194.

—Of a woman: quid si tantum homicida? quid si tantum rea fuisses? Sen. Contr. 1, 2.

—* In a good sense, as a transl. of the Homeric ἀνδροφόνος, an epithet of Hector, slayer of men, Hor. Epod. 17, 12.
 
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