different between lapicide vs apicide

English

Etymology

From Latin lapicida. Compare -cide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?læp?sa?d/

Noun

lapicide (plural lapicides)

1. A stonecutter.
   • 2003: Adam ?ajtar et al., Catalogue of the Greek inscriptions in the Sudan National Museum at Khartoum, [1]

     Letters omitted by the lapicide or evident mistakes of the lapicide corrected by the editor.

   • 1996: John Percival Postgate, Edward Vernon Arnold, Frederick William Hall, Classical quarterly, [2]

     […] made by Wosnick several decades ago, that the name M. Silanus Murena is the result of a lapicide's error and that this part of the inscription was […]

   • 1959 British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara, Anatolian studies, [3]

     One or two cracks in the rock have been avoided by the lapicide.

Translations

Anagrams

• elapidic

French

Etymology

From Latin lapicida.

Noun

lapicide m or f (plural lapicides)

1. lapicide

Further reading

• “lapicide” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin apis (“bee”) +? -cide

Noun

apicide (uncountable)

1. (rare) The killing of bees.