uxoricidium

== Latin == === Etymology === From uxor (“wife”) + -cīdium (“killing”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ʊk.soː.rɪˈkiː.di.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [uk.so.riˈt͡ʃiː.di.um] === Noun === uxōricīdium n (genitive uxōricīdiī or uxōricīdī); second declension (Medieval Latin) The murdering of one's own wife; uxoricide ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Descendants ==== → French: uxoricide → English: uxoricide → Italian: uxoricidio → Portuguese: uxoricídio