animicida

Latin

Etymology

anima (“soul; breath”) +‎ -cīda, a calque for Ancient Greek ψυχοφθόρος (psukhophthóros).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [a.nɪ.mɪˈkiː.da]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [a.ni.miˈt͡ʃiː.da]

Noun

animicīda m (genitive animicīdae); first declension

1. soul-destroyer

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	animicīda	animicīdae
genitive	animicīdae	animicīdārum
dative	animicīdae	animicīdīs
accusative	animicīdam	animicīdās
ablative	animicīdā	animicīdīs
vocative	animicīda	animicīdae

References

• “animicida”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “animicida”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• animicida in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016