Citations:nepocide

English citations of nepocide

1. The killing of a nephew.
   • 1876, E. Lethbridge, The Calcutta Review, page 357:

     Morvryn [...was] reclaimed by the gentle care of his twin-sister, Gwendydd, the mother of the ill-fatd youth whom he had deprived of life. [...] Jeoffry of Monmouth composed a Latin poem, dedicated to Robert, Bishop of Lincoln, in which he describes with considerable spirit, though in rugged verse, the insanity of the involuntary nepocide: […]

   • 2014 June 25, John Barth, Giles Goat-Boy, Anchor, →ISBN:

     I could not but be comforted by his support, not alone for the sake of my grandfather, whom I'd long since forgiven his attempted nepocide and wished only well, but also because, as Bray's subsequent speech indicated, he had apparently more confidence in me […]