Parricidio is made up of Latin roots, from the voice “parricidĭum”, it arises from the root “parens” or “parentis” which means “relative, father and mother”, in addition to “cida” which means “the one who kills "And the suffix" gone "that refers to the quality perceptible by the senses. In general, it can be said parricide refers to the murder or crime of a certain person or individual, carried out by a descendant, ascendant or spouse. Parricide is a term especially used in ancient and modern law to designate the act by means of which the father, son or spouse is killed, having knowledge of the relationship.
In other words, the main use in the field of law is to express the fact of killing the parents; such would be the case if a given individual murdered his father, mother or even both, then he would have committed patricide, for which he would be considered as parricide.
In Ancient Rome, the authority of the father over his family was of such magnitude that during various periods of time the sentence awarded to a parricidal parent was of lesser measure compared to other less serious crimes. Although it is important to mention that in the historical context parricide has been and is considered one of the most abominable crimes, and that in addition there have been many cases where in ancient times the princes murdered their parents in order to inherit the throne. Today, this blood bond is taken into account as a detriment at the time of judging a crime; therefore the parricides are awarded a penalty that takes this matter into account.
