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In this limited sense there seems no impropriety in Catiline being called parricida, with reference to his country; and the dictator Ceasar's death might be called a parricidium (the crime of parricide), considering the circumstances under which the name was given (Suet.,
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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B. sunt mea istaec Ps. parricida B. perge tu Ps. sacrilege.
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_: _El animal profeta y dichoso parricida_ and _La madre de la Mejor_.
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(pater and caedo) is correct; for it appears that paricida or parricida meant murderer generally, and afterwards the murderer of certain persons in a near relationship.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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Note 75: MGH SS rer.merov. 1, p. 494: "‘Si cum his infantibus communicasti, oblitus paterna pietate, ulciscendam Moysaicae legis iniuriam parricida in te durus exsistam. '"
A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 2005
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Quaestores), that a parricida was any one who killed another dolo malo.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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