uccider

Uccider is not a standard Italian infinitive. In most authoritative references it is treated as a misspelling or nonstandard variant of the correct verb uccidere, which means to kill. The form is occasionally seen in text errors, OCR mistakes, or in informal writing, but it does not appear as a legitimate infinitive in modern Italian grammar.

Etymology and form

Uccidere derives from Latin occīdere, meaning to kill. Through regular phonetic and orthographic evolution, the Latin form became the Italian verb uccidere, with the characteristic -dere ending. The erroneous form uccider reflects a truncation of the final -e that signals the infinitive in Italian.

Usage and conjugation

Because uccider is not standard, it is not treated as a separate verb in dictionaries. When conveying the general meaning “to kill,” Italian uses uccidere. For reference, the standard conjugation of uccidere in the present indicative is: io uccido, tu uccidi, lui/lei uccide, noi uccidiamo, voi uccidete, loro uccidono; the past participle is ucciso, and the gerund is uccidendo.

Context and notes

In language-learning materials, editing, and formal writing, it is important to use uccidere rather than uccider to avoid errors. If uccider appears in a text, it is generally interpreted as a typographical mistake, a dialectal anomaly, or a nonstandard usage rather than a separate lexical item.

See also

Uccidere, Omicidio, Latin occīdere.