Patricide is (i) the act of killing one's father, or (ii) a person who kills his or her father. The word patricide derives from the Latin word pater (father) and the Latin suffix -cida (cutter or killer). Patricide is a sub-form of parricide, which is defined as an act of killing a close relative. Etymology: Latin homicidium, from homo- human being + caedere- to cut, kill Homicide refers to the act of killing another human being. ... The felony murder rule is a legal doctrine according to which anyone who commits, or is found to be involved in, a serious crime (a felony), during which any person dies, is guilty of murder. ... Consensual homicide refers to a killing in which the victim wants to die. ... Negligent homicide is a charge brought against persons, who by inaction, allow others under their care to die. ... Vehicular homicide is in most places a criminal act involving the killing of a life by hitting it with a vehicle. ... Honour killing is most often the killing of a female, but in some cases also a male, and sometimes his/her family members, love-interests or other associates,[1][2] for supposed sexual or marital offences, typically by his/her own relatives or relatives of a purported romantic interest, with... Assassin and Targeted killing redirect here. ... Ritual murder is murder performed in a ritualistic fashion. ... A proxy murder is a murder in which the murderer does so at the behest of another, acting as his or her proxy. ... Torture murder is a loosely defined legal term to describe murderers who kill their victims by slowly torturing them to death over a prolonged period of time. ... A murder suicide is an act in which an individual kills one or more other persons immediately before, or while killing himself. ... A spree killer is someone who embarks on a murderous rampage. ... Note: for practices of systematically killing very young children, see infanticide For the killing of ones own children, see filicide. ... Lynching is a form of violence, usually murder, conceived of by its perpetrators as extra-legal punishment for offenders or as a terrorist method of enforcing social domination. ... A lust murder is a homicide in which the offender stabs, cuts, pierces, slashes, or otherwise mutilates the sexual organs or areas of the victims body. ... Mass murder (massacre) is the act of murdering a large number of people, typically at the same time, or over a relatively short period of time. ... Serial killers are individuals who have a history of multiple slayings of victims who were usually unknown to them beforehand. ... Human sacrifice was practiced in many ancient cultures. ... For a discussion of the law in other countries, see manslaughter In the English law of homicide, manslaughter is a less serious offence than murder with the the law differentiating between levels of fault based on the mens rea (Latin for a guilty mind). Manslaughter may be either: Voluntary where... The concept of justifiable homicide in criminal law stands on the dividing line between an excuse and an exculpation. ... Capital punishment, or the death penalty, is the execution of a convicted criminal by the state as punishment for crimes known as capital crimes or capital offences. ... In sociology and biology, infanticide is the practice of intentionally causing the death of an infant of a given species, by members of the same species - often by the mother. ... Fratricide (from the Latin word frater, meaning: brother and cide meaning to kill) is the act of a person killing his or her brother. ... This article is about a kind of homicide. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Patricide. ... Mariticide (not to be confused with matricide); from the Latin maritus (married) & cidium (killing), literally means the murder of ones married partner, but has become most associated with the murder of a husband by his wife. ... Matricide is the act of killing ones mother. ... This page is a candidate to be moved to Wiktionary. ... Filicide is the deliberate act of a parent killing his or her own son or daughter. ... Suicide (from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the willful act of killing oneself. ... The broad definition of regicide is the deliberate killing of a king, or the person responsible for it. ... Look up Genocide in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Democide is a term created by political scientist R.J. Rummel in order to create a broader concept than the legal definition of genocide. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Abortion, in its most common usage, refers to the voluntary or induced termination of pregnancy, generally through the use of surgical procedures or drugs. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Patricide. ...

Compare with matricide (the killing of one's mother), filicide (the killing of a child by his or her parent), fratricide (the killing of one's sibling, in particular a brother-compare to sororicide), regicide (the killing of a king), suicide (killing oneself) and homicide (killing another person). Matricide is the act of killing ones mother. ... Filicide is the deliberate act of a parent killing his or her own son or daughter. ... Fratricide (from the Latin word frater, meaning: brother and cide meaning to kill) is the act of a person killing his or her brother. ... This article is about a kind of homicide. ... The broad definition of regicide is the deliberate killing of a king, or the person responsible for it. ... Suicide (from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the willful act of killing oneself. ... Etymology: Latin homicidium, from homo- human being + caedere- to cut, kill Homicide refers to the act of killing another human being. ...

Patricides in religions & cultures

Patricide is a common archetype prevalent throughout many religions and cultures, particularly Greek culture.

• In the Greek creation epic, Cronus was poisoned by his son Zeus and wife Rhea.
• Apsu, in the Babylonian creation epic the Enûma Elish, was killed by his son Ea in the struggle for supremacy among the gods.
• Oedipus was fated to kill his father, a king, and marry his mother. His parents attempted to prevent this by leaving him on the side of a mountain as an infant. He was found and raised by a farmer. Once grown, Oedipus meets his father while his father is travelling and kills him. He then marries his mother to become king, unknowingly fulfilling the prophecy.
• Pelias was killed by his daughters, who were deceived by Medea into thinking he could be resurrected.
• In Chinese belief, people who commit patricide (or matricide) will be killed by a lightning strike as a punishment from filial and warrior deity Erlang Shen.

Cronus (Ancient Greek Κρόνος, Krónos), also called Cronos or Kronos, was the leader and the youngest of the first generation of Titans, divine descendants of Gaia, the earth, and Uranus, the sky. ... The Statue of Zeus at Olympia Phidias created the 12-m (40-ft) tall statue of Zeus at Olympia about 435 BC. The statue was perhaps the most famous sculpture in Ancient Greece, imagined here in a 16th century engraving Zeus (in Greek: nominative: Zeús, genitive: Díos), is... Rhea (or Ria meaning she who flows) was the Titaness daughter of Uranus and of Gaia. ... In Sumerian mythology Abzu or Apsu was the god of fresh water, also representing the primeval water and sometimes the cosmic abyss. ... Enûma Eliš is the Babylonian creation epic. ... Oedipus with the Sphinx, from an Attic red-figure cylix from the Vatican Museum, ca. ... For other uses of Fate, see Fate Destiny refers to a predetermined course of events. ... King Pelias was the father of Acastus, Pisidice, Alcestis in Greek mythology. ... Medea by Evelyn De Morgan. ... Matricide is the act of killing ones mother. ... Lightning is an atmospheric discharge of electricity, which usually, but not always, occurs during rain storms, and frequently during volcanic eruptions or dust storms. ... Erlang Shen (二郎神), named Yang Jian (杨戬), is a Chinese God with a third true-seeing eye in the middle of his forehead. ...

Known or suspected historical patricides

• Beatrice Cenci, Roman noblewoman who, according to legend, killed her father after he imprisoned and raped her. She was condemned and beheaded for the crime along with her brother and stepmother in 1599.
• Lizzie Borden (1860-1927) allegedly killed her father and stepmother with an ax in Fall River, Massachusetts, in 1892. She was acquitted of the crime, but her guilt is still disputed.
• Iyasus I of Ethiopia (1682-1706), one of the great warrior emperors of Ethiopia, was deposed by his son Tekle Haymanot in 1706 and subsequently assassinated.
• Sarah Marie Johnson (1987- ), an Idaho woman who was convicted of killing both parents on the morning of 2 September 2003.
• Dipendra of Nepal (1971-2001) reportedly massacred much of his family at a royal dinner on June 1, 2001, including his father King Birendra, mother, brother, and sister.
• Christopher Porco (1983- ), was convicted on Thursday, August 10, 2006 of the murder of his father and attempted murder of his mother with an axe.

The portrait associated with Beatrice Cenci attributed to Guido Reni that Shelley saw in Palazzo Colonna in 1818, sparking his interest Beatrice Cenci (February 6, 1577–August 22, 1599) was an Italian noblewoman. ... Lizzie Andrew Borden (July 19, 1860 – June 1, 1927) was a New England spinster and a central figure in the case surrounding the brutal axe double-murder of her father and stepmother on a sweltering day, August 4, 1892 in Fall River, Massachusetts. ... Iyasus I (or Jesus I), also known as Iyasus the Great, was negus (throne name Adyam Sagad II) (19 July 1682 - 13 October 1706) of Ethiopia, and a member of the Solomonid dynasty. ... Sarah Marie Johnson (born January 24, 1987), was found guilty of the first-degree murder of her parents, Alan Scott Johnson and Diana Johnson, on March 16, 2005 by an Idaho jury. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... September 2 is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev of Nepal (June 27, 1971 – June 4, 2001) was King of Nepal from June 1 to June 4, 2001. ... Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (December 28, 1945 - June 1, 2001) was king of Nepal from 1972 until 2001, and the son of King Mahendra, whom he succeeded. ... Christopher Porco, (b. ...

Patricides in fiction

• In the 2000 film Gladiator, the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius was murdered by his son, who later became the Emperor Commodus.
• In the survival-horror videogame Silent Hill 2 Angela Orosco kills her father, and her guilt drives her to the cursed town of Silent Hill.
• In the novel Angels and Demons, where the Camerlengo murders the Pope, only to learn that the Pope was his father through artificial insemination.
• In the 1979 Anime Mobile Suit Gundam, Gihren Zabi kills his father, Degwin Zabi.
• The novel The Brothers Karamazov, by Fyodor Dostoevsky, is centered on a patricide.
• The Patricide is a novel by Alexander Kazbegi.
• Ronald DeFeo Jr. killed his parents and his four siblings in what would later become known as "The Amityville Horror House".
• The Metabarons by Alexandro Jodorowsky and Juan Gimenez feature patricide as a rite of passage.
• In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, it is understood that Voldemort had killed his muggle father.
• Solid Snake killed his "father" (actually his clone-source) in Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake.
• In Final Fantasy X, Maester Seymour, leader of the Guado, rose to power after murdering his father, Lord Jyscal.
• In Warcraft 3, Arthas, Prince of Lordaeron, kills his father King Terenas, and delivers Lordaeron to the Undead Scourge.
• In "It" by Stephen King, Henry Bowers main bully killed his father in a fit of rage with a switch-blade.