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parrĭcīda (pārĭcīda ; old collat. form of the
I.nom. sing. PARICIDAS, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Fest. s. v. parrici, p. 221 Müll.), ae, comm. the etym. is disputed; “most prob. it is for patricida, from pater-caedo,Quint. 8, 6, 35, the murderer of his or her father or parents, a parricide.
II. Transf.
A. The murderer of a near relative: “parricida matris quoque aut fratris interfector,Quint. 8, 6, 35: “Virginius occisā filiā, ne se ut parricidam liberum aversarentur, etc.,Liv. 3, 50, 5; the murderer of his sister, Flor. 1, 3, 6; 3, 1, 6; cf.: Paul. Sent. 5, tit. 24.—*
2. Adj.: “parricida nex,fratricidal, Arn. 3, 115 fin.
B. The murderer of the chief magistrate (as the father of the country); “of the murderers of Cæsar: si parricidae (sunt), cur? etc.,Cic. Phil. 2, 13, 31 (v. the passage in connection); cf. id. Fam. 12, 3, 1: “Brutus suarum prius virtutum quam patriae parentis parricida,Val. Max. 6, 4, 5; Aus. Caes. 21, 2.—
C. The murderer of a free citizen, a murderer, assassin (syn.: sicarius, percussor): si qui hominem liberum dolo sciens morti duit, paricidas esto, Lex Numae Pompilii ap. Fest. p. 221 Müll.; “Lex Tribunic. ap. Fest. s. v. Sacer Mons, p. 318 Müll.: parricida civium,Cic. Cat. 1, 12, 29.—
D. One guilty of high-treason, a traitor (qs. the murderer of his country), a rebel, a sacrilegious wretch, etc.: “sacrum sacrove commendatum qui clepserit rapseritque parricida esto,Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 22: magno cum dolore parricidarum, i. e. of Antony's adherents, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 23, 5: “parricidae reipublicae,of Catiline's associates, Sall. C. 51, 25; 14, 3: “vos de crudelissimis parricidis quid statuatis cunctamini?id. ib. 52, 31: Catilinae obstrepere omnes; “hostem atque parricidam vocare,id. ib. 31, 8; Flor. 4, 1, 10; Tac. H. 1, 85; id. A. 4, 34, 2.
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    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 10.23.5
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 12.3.1
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    • Cicero, Against Catiline, 1.12.29
    • Cicero, For Milo, 7.17
    • New Testament, 1 Timothy, 1.9
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 34
    • Tacitus, Annales, 4.34
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 1.85
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 3, 50.5
    • Seneca, de Clementia, 1.23.2
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    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 8, 6.35
    • Sallust, Catilinae Coniuratio, 14
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    • Sallust, Catilinae Coniuratio, 52
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 6.4.5
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