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  • 1 ruina

    rŭīna, ae, f. [ruo], a rushing or tumbling down; a falling down, fall (syn.: casus, lapsus).
    I.
    In abstracto.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen. (rare). grandinis, Lucr. 6, 156:

    aquarum,

    Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1 med.:

    nostra (sc. nucum),

    Mart. 13, 25, 2:

    jumentorum sarcinarumque,

    Liv. 44, 5: Capanei, a fall by lightning (v. Capaneus), Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 40:

    (apri saevi) Permixtas dabant equitum peditumque ruinas,

    Lucr. 5, 1329: Tyrrhenus et Aconteus Conixi incurrunt hastis, primique ruinam Dant sonitu ingenti, rush or fall upon each other, Verg. A. 11, 613:

    interea suspensa graves aulaea ruinas In patinam fecere,

    fell down, Hor. S. 2, 8, 54.—
    2.
    In partic., of buildings, a tumbling or falling down, downfall, ruin (class.; in good prose only in sing.):

    repentinā ruinā pars ejus turris concidit... tum hostes, turris repentinā ruinā commoti, etc.,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 11 fin. and 12 init.; cf.: ferunt conclave illud, ubi epularetur Scopas, concidisse: eā ruinā ipsum oppressum cum suis interiisse, Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 353; id. Div. 2, 8, 20; Tac. A. 2, 47:

    aedificiorum,

    Suet. Oth. 8:

    amphitheatri,

    id. Tib. 40:

    camerae,

    id. Ner. 34:

    spectaculorum,

    id. Calig. 31:

    pontis,

    id. Aug. 20:

    tecta Penthei Disjecta non leni ruinā,

    Hor. C. 2, 19, 15:

    jam Deiphobi dedit ampla ruinam, Vulcano superante, domus,

    i. e. fell in, Verg. A. 2, 310; so,

    trahere ruinam,

    id. ib. 2, 465; 9, 712; cf. B. a, infra:

    effulsisse inter ruinam ignes,

    Tac. A. 2, 47:

    ruinam urbis et incendia recordantes,

    Just. 5, 7, 10:

    morbus, captivitas, ruina, ignis,

    Sen. Tranq. 11, 6:

    multos occidere incendii ac ruinae potentia est,

    id. Clem. 1, 26, 5.—In plur.:

    tantae in te impendent ruinae, nisi suffulcis firmiter,

    Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 77; so Vell. 2, 35, 4 (with incendia); Suet. Vesp. 8; Lucr. 2, 1145:

    si fractus illabatur orbis, Impavidum ferient ruinae,

    Hor. C. 3, 3, 8:

    dum Capitolio dementes ruinas parabat,

    id. ib. 1, 37, 7.—
    B.
    Trop., a downfall, fall, ruin; accident, catastrophe, disaster, overthrow, destruction, etc. (freq. and class.; used equally in sing. and plur.; cf.: exitium, pernicies).
    (α).
    Sing.:

    vis illa fuit et, ut saepe jam dixi, ruina quaedam atque tempestas,

    a catastrophe, Cic. Clu. 35, 96: incendium meum ruinā restinguam, with the overthrow, fall (of the State), Catilina ap. Sall. C. 31, 9, and ap. Cic. Mur. 25, 51:

    ut communi ruinā patriae opprimerentur,

    Liv. 45, 26; Vell. 2, 91, 4; 2, 85, 1; 2, 124, 1:

    in hac ruinā rerum stetit una integra atque immobilis virtus populi Romani,

    Liv. 26, 41:

    rerum nostrarum,

    id. 5, 51:

    urbis,

    id. 25, 4:

    ex loco superiore impetu facto, strage ac ruinā fudere Gallos,

    utter defeat, id. 5, 43; cf.:

    ruinae similem stragem eques dedit,

    id. 4, 33:

    Cannensis,

    id. 23, 25; 42, 66 fin.; 4, 46;

    5, 47: ruina soceri in exsilium pulsus,

    Tac. H. 4, 6; cf. id. G. 36:

    pereat sceleratus, regnique trahat patriaeque ruinam,

    Ov. M. 8, 497:

    aliae gentes belli sequuntur ruinam,

    Flor. 2, 12, 1:

    ille dies utramque Ducet ruinam,

    i. e. death, Hor. C. 2, 17, 9:

    Neronis principis,

    Plin. 17, 25, 38, § 245.—
    (β).
    Plur.:

    praetermitto ruinas fortunarum tuarum, quas omnes impendere tibi proximis Idibus senties,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 14:

    in ruinis aversae, atque afflictae rei publicae,

    id. Sest. 2, 5:

    devota morti pectora liberae Quantis fatigaret ruinis,

    Hor. C. 4, 14, 19; cf.:

    nox auget ruinas,

    Val. Fl. 3, 207:

    principiis in rerum fecere ruinas et graviter magni magno cecidere ibi casu,

    i. e. false steps, errors, mistakes, Lucr. 1, 740:

    (Academia) si invaserit in haec, miseras edet ruinas,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 13, 39:

    ruinas videres,

    id. Fin. 5, 28, 83.—
    II.
    In concreto.
    1.
    That which tumbles or falls down, a fall (not anteAug.).
    A.
    In gen. ( poet.):

    disjectam Aenaeae toto videt aequore classem Fluctibus oppressos Troas caelique ruinā,

    i. e. a storm, rain, Verg. A. 1, 129; so,

    caeli (with insani imbres),

    Sil. 1, 251:

    poli,

    i. e. thunder, Val. Fl. 8, 334.—
    B.
    In partic. (acc. to I. A. 2.), a building that has tumbled down, a ruin, ruins (mostly in plur., and not in Cic. prose):

    nunc humilis veteres tantummodo Troja ruinas ostendit,

    Ov. M. 15, 424:

    Sagunti ruinae nostris capitibus incident,

    Liv. 21, 10, 10:

    (urbs) deserta ac strata prope omnis ruinis,

    id. 33, 38, 10:

    fumantes Thebarum ruinae,

    id. 9, 18, 7:

    ruinis templorum templa aedificare,

    id. 42, 3:

    in tugurio ruinarum Carthaginiensium,

    Vell. 2, 19 fin. —In sing.:

    alius par labor... flumina ad lavandam hanc ruinam jugis montium ducere,

    Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 74:

    EX RVINA TEMPLI MARTIS,

    Inscr. Orell. 2448 (A.D. 256).—
    2.
    Transf., of persons who cause ruin, a destroyer:

    rei publicae,

    Cic. Sest. 51, 109:

    ruinae publicanorum,

    id. Prov. Cons. 6, 13.

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  • 2 ruīna

        ruīna ae, f    [RV-], a rushing down, tumbling, falling down, fall: iumentorum, L.: primique ruinam Dant sonitu ingenti, fall upon each other, V.: graves aulaea ruinas In patinam fecere, fell down, H.—Of buildings, a tumbling, falling down, downfall, ruin (only sing.): repentinā ruinā pars eius turris concidit, Cs.: ferunt eā ruinā ipsum cum cognatis suis oppressum interiisse: iam Deiphobi dedit ampla ruinam domus, i. e. fell in, V. —Fig., a downfall, fall, ruin, catastrophe, calamity, disaster, overthrow, destruction: vis illa fuit et ruina quaedam, a catastrophe: incendium meum ruinā restinguam, with the fall (of the State), S.: patriae, L.: strage ac ruinā fudere Gallos, utter defeat, L.: ille dies utramque Ducet ruinam, i. e. death, H.: ruinae fortunarum tuarum: pectora Quantis fatigaret ruinis, H.: ruinas videres: caeli, i. e. a storm, V.— Plur, a fallen building, ruin, ruins: veteres tantummodo Troia ruinas ostendit, O.: Sagunti ruinae nostris capitibus incident, L.: fumantes Thebarum, L.: Si fractus inlabatur orbis, Impavidum ferient ruinae, H.— A cause of ruin, destroyer: rei p.: publicanorum.
    * * *
    fall; catastrophe; collapse, destruction

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  • 3 ruo

    rŭo, ŭi, ŭtum (ruiturus, a, um, Ov. M. 4, 459; Luc. 7, 404; Mart. 1, 88, 4; Plin. Ep. 7, 19, 8; gen. plur. part. ruentum, Verg. A. 11, 886), 3, v. n. and a., to fall with violence, rush down; to fall down, tumble down, go to ruin (cf.: labor, procumbo, cado).
    I.
    Neutr. (very freq. and class.).
    A.
    Lit. Rarely of persons:

    caedebant pariter pariterque ruebant Victores victique,

    Verg. A. 10, 756; so Val. Fl. 7, 642.—Of things:

    ruere illa non possunt, ut haec non eodem labefacta motu concidant,

    Cic. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19:

    spectacula runnt,

    fell down, tumbled down, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 47; cf.:

    parietes ruunt,

    id. Most. 1, 2, 36:

    lateres veteres,

    id. Truc. 2, 2, 50; so,

    aedes,

    id. Am. 5, 1, 43; id. Most. 1, 2, 69:

    omnia tecta (supra aliquem),

    Lucr. 4, 403; Liv. 4, 21, 5; Quint. 8, 3, 68 al.:

    altae turres,

    Lucr. 5, 307:

    moles et machina mundi,

    id. 5, 96:

    murus,

    Liv. 21, 11:

    templa deum,

    Hor. S. 2, 2, 104;

    aulaea,

    id. ib. 2, 8, 71:

    acervus,

    id. Ep. 2, 1, 47:

    murus latius quam caederetur,

    Liv. 21, 11:

    tecta in agris,

    id. 4, 21:

    silices a montibus altis,

    Lucr. 5, 314:

    alto a culmine Troja,

    Verg. A. 2, 290.— Poet.:

    caeli templa,

    Lucr. 1, 1105: ruit arduus aether, it rains, or the rain descends in torrents, Verg. G. 1, 324; cf. id. A. 8, 525:

    caelum imbribus immodicis,

    Mart. 3, 100, 3; cf.:

    caelum in se,

    Liv. 40, 58:

    ruit imbriferum ver,

    i.e. is ending, hastening to its close, Verg. G. 1, 313; cf.:

    turbidus imber aquā,

    id. A. 5, 695:

    tempestas,

    Tac. A. 1, 30.
    1.
    Prov.: caelum ruit, the sky is falling; of any thing very improbable: Cl. Quid tum, quaeso, si hoc pater resciverit? Sy. Quid si nunc caelum ruat? Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 41. —
    2.
    Transf., of rapid, hasty movements, to hasten, hurry, run, rush (cf.:

    volo, curro): id ne ferae quidem faciunt, ut ita ruant atque turbentur,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 10, 34; cf. id. Att. 7, 7, 7:

    (Pompeium) ruere nuntiant et jam jamque adesse,

    id. ib. 7, 20, 1:

    huc omnis turba ruebat,

    Verg. A. 6, 305:

    Aeneadae in ferrum ruebant,

    id. ib. 8, 648:

    per proelia,

    id. ib. 12, 526:

    quidam inermes ultro ruere ac se morti offerre,

    Tac. Agr. 37:

    contis gladiisque ruerent,

    id. A. 6, 35:

    in aquam caeci ruebant,

    Liv. 1, 27 fin.:

    in castra fugientes,

    id. 24, 16, 2: in vulnera ac tela, id. 26, 44:

    promiscue in concubitus,

    id. 3, 47:

    eques pedesque certatim portis ruere,

    id. 27, 41:

    ad urbem infesto agmine,

    id. 3, 3:

    ad portas,

    Tac. A. 1, 66:

    ad convivium,

    id. H. 2, 68 fin.:

    per vias,

    id. ib. 5, 22:

    destinatā morte in proelium,

    Flor. 2, 18, 12:

    ruebant laxatis habenis aurigae,

    Curt. 4, 15, 3:

    de montibus amnes,

    Verg. A. 4, 164:

    flumina per campos,

    Ov. M. 1, 285:

    in Galliam Rhenus,

    Tac. H. 5, 19.— Poet., of time:

    vertitur interea caelum et ruit Oceano Nox,

    i.e. hastens up, sets in, Verg. A. 2, 250:

    revoluta ruebat dies,

    was advancing, hastening on, id. ib. 10, 256; cf. of the setting of the sun, Val. Fl. 1, 274; App. M. 3, p. 136, 19.— Of sound, to break forth:

    antrum, unde ruunt totidem voces, responsa Sibyllae,

    Verg. A. 6, 44.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    (Acc. to A. 1.) To fall, fail, sink (very rare):

    ratio ruat omnis,

    Lucr. 4, 507:

    quae cum accidunt nemo est quin intellegat, ruere illam rem publicam,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 6, § 12:

    Vitellium ne prosperis quidem parem, adeo ruentibus debilitatum,

    by his falling fortunes, Tac. H. 3, 64:

    tam florentes Atheniensium opes ruisse,

    Just. 5, 1, 9.—
    2.
    (Acc. to A. 2.) To rush, dash, hurry, hasten, run, etc. (freq. and class.):

    tamquam ad interitum ruerem voluntarium,

    Cic. Marcell. 5, 14:

    emptorem pati ruere et per errorem in maximam fraudem incurrere,

    to act hastily, commit an oversight, id. Off. 3, 13, 55; cf. Liv. 3, 11:

    cum cotidie rueret,

    Cic. Sest. 64, 133; id. Att. 2, 14, 1; Quint. 2, 20, 2:

    compescere ruentes,

    Tac. H. 1, 56; 2, 63 fin.; cf. id. ib. 2, 34:

    ad seditiones et discordias et bella civilia,

    id. ib. 1, 46:

    crudelitatis odio in crudelitatem ruitis,

    Liv. 3, 53:

    in servitium,

    Tac. A. 1, 7:

    in exitium,

    id. H. 1, 84:

    in sua fata,

    Ov. M. 6, 51:

    omnia fatis In pejus,

    Verg. G. 1, 200:

    quo scelesti ruitis?

    Hor. Epod. 7, 1:

    quo ruis,

    Verg. A. 10, 811; Ov. M. 9, 428:

    multos video, quā vel impudentiā vel fames duxit, ruentes,

    Quint. 2, 20, 2.— Poet., with inf.:

    quo ruis imprudens, vage, dicere fata?

    Prop. 4 (5), 1, 71:

    scire ruunt,

    Luc. 7, 751; Stat. Th. 7, 177; Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 387.— Impers. pass.:

    ut ferme fugiendo in media fata ruitur,

    Liv. 8, 24.—
    II.
    Act., to cast down with violence, to dash down, tumble down, hurl to the ground, prostrate (except the jurid. phrase ruta caesa, perh. only poet. and in post-Aug. prose, for in the passage, Cic. Att. 2, 15, 2, seu ruet seu eriget rem publicam, ruet might be neutr.)
    A.
    Lit.:

    imbres fluctusque... frangere malum, Ruere antennas, etc.,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 18:

    naves (vis venti),

    Lucr. 1, 272:

    res impetibus crebris (venti),

    id. 1, 293:

    ceteros ruerem, agerem, raperem, funderem et prosternerem,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 21:

    immanem molem volvuntque ruuntque,

    Verg. A. 9, 516:

    cumulos ruit pinguis harenae,

    breaks down, levels, id. G. 1, 105: sese superne in praedam, to cast one ' s self upon, App. Flor. 1, p. 341, 6.—
    B.
    Poet., transf., to cast up from the bottom, to turn up, throw up, rake up: cum mare permotum ventis, ruit intus harenam, casts up (syn. eruit), Lucr. 6, 726; cf.:

    totum (mare) a sedibus imis (venti),

    Verg. A. 1, 85:

    spumas salis aere,

    id. ib. 1, 35:

    cinerem et confusa Ossa focis,

    id. ib. 11, 211:

    atram nubem ad caelum (ignis),

    id. G. 2, 308:

    unde Divitias aerisque ruam, dic, augur, acervos,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 22.—Hence, rŭtus, a, um, P. a., found only in the phrase rūta et caesa or rūta caesa (acc. to Varro, the u was pronounced long, although it is short in the compounds erutus, obrutus, etc.:

    in venditionis lege fundi ruta caesa ita dicimus, ut U producamus,

    Varr. L. L. 9, § 104).—In jurid. lang., every thing dug up (ruta) and cut down (caesa) on an estate without being wrought, and which is reserved by the owner at a sale; the timber and minerals: si ruta et caesa excipiantur in venditione, ea placuit esse ruta, quae eruta sunt, ut harena, creta et similia;

    caesa ea esse, ut arbores caesas, et carbones et his similia, etc.,

    Dig. 19, 1, 17:

    in rutis caesis ea sunt, quae terrā non tenentur, quaeque opere structili tectoriove non continentur,

    ib. 50, 16, 241:

    ruta caesa dicuntur, quae venditor possessionis sui usus gratiā concidit ruendoque contraxit,

    Fest. p. 262 Müll.:

    ut venditores, cum aedes fundumve vendiderint rutis caesis receptis, concedant tamen aliquid emptori, quod ornandi causā apte et loco positum esse videatur,

    Cic. Top. 26, 100: dicet te ne in rutis quidem et caesis solium tibl fraternum recepisse, Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 226.

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  • 4 calautica

    kind of woman's headdress; (fell down to shoulders); (kind of veil?)

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  • 5 calautica

    călautĭca (in many MSS. and edd. erroneously călantĭca), ae, f. [of uncer.tain etym.; acc. to Beier, Cic. Clod. et Cur. 5, p. 107, perh. kindr. with kaluptô, as auris, through the Cretan form aus, with ous], a covering for the head of women, which fell down over the shoulders (perh. a kind of veil):

    calautica est tegmen muliebre, quod capiti innectitur,

    Non. p. 537, 2 sq.: mitrae, semimitrae, calautica, etc.; cf. Mai and Orell. in h. l. (Orell. Cic. V. 2, p. 336); Cic. Fragm. Clod. et Cur. 5, 3 B. and K.; Dig. 34, 2, 25, § 10; cf. also Arn. 2, p. 59, and Gloss. Philox.; Aus. Per. Odyss. 5: eidos zônês (Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 616, erron. considers it as of like signif. with mitra).

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  • 6 deicio

    dē-ĭcĭo or dejicio, jēci, jectum, 3, v. a. [jacio], to throw or cast down; to hurl down, precipitate (very freq., and class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    araneas de foribus et de pariete,

    Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 31:

    aliquem de ponte in Tiberim,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 100; cf.:

    aliquem e ponte,

    Suet. Caes. 80:

    aliquem de saxo (Tarpeio),

    Liv. 5, 47; 6, 20; Hor. S. 1, 6, 39; cf.

    aliquem saxo Tarpeio,

    Tac. A. 6, 19:

    aliquem equo,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 12, 5; Liv. 4, 19:

    jugum servile a cervicibus,

    Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 6:

    togam ab umeris,

    Suet. Aug. 52; cf.:

    togam de umero,

    id. Caes. 9 al.; esp. reflex. with pron.:

    se de muro,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 18, 3; cf.:

    se de superiore parte aedium,

    Nep. Dion, 4 fin.:

    se per munitiones,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 26, 5:

    se a praealtis montibus (venti),

    Liv. 28, 6:

    librum in mare,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 14; cf.:

    aliquem in locum inferiorem,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 44, 12:

    aliquem e summo in Tartara,

    Lucr. 5, 1124:

    elatam securim in caput (regis),

    Liv. 1, 40; cf. id. 7, 10:

    equum e campo in cavam hanc viam,

    force to leap down, id. 23, 47:

    bustum aut monumentum, aut columnam,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 26; so,

    statuas veterum hominum (c. c. depellere simulacra deorum),

    id. Cat. 3, 8, 19:

    monumenta regis templaque Vestae,

    Hor. Od. 1, 2, 15:

    signa aenea in Capitolio (tempestas),

    Liv. 40, 2:

    omnes Hermas,

    Nep. Alcib. 3:

    turrim,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 22; cf.

    arces,

    Hor. Od. 4, 14, 13 et saep.:

    arbores,

    to fell, Liv. 21, 37, 2; Vitr. 2, 9, 4:

    caput uno ictu,

    to cut off, Verg. A. 9, 770; id. ib. 10, 546:

    libellos,

    to tear down, Cic. Quint. 6, 27; Sen. Ben. 4, 12 (but Caes. B. G. 3, 15, antemnis disjectis is the true reading): comam, Afran. ap. Non. 514, 2; cf.:

    crinibus dejectis,

    loose, dishevelled, Tac. A. 14, 30:

    sortes,

    to cast into the urn, Caes. B. C. 1, 6, 5:

    dejectam aerea sortem accepit galea,

    Verg. A. 5, 490 sq.:

    cum dejecta sors esset,

    Liv. 21, 42; cf.:

    pernam, glandium,

    to throw into the pot, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 36:

    alvum,

    to purge, Cato R. R. 158; cf.:

    casei caprini, qui facillimi deiciantur,

    i. e. are most easily digested, Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 3;

    opp. alvum superiorem,

    i. e. to vomit, Cato R. R. 156, 2.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    Milit. t. t., to drive out, dislodge an enemy from his position: hostes muro turribusque dejecti, Caes. B. G. 7, 28; cf.:

    nostri dejecti sunt loco,

    id. ib. 7, 51:

    praesidium ex saltu,

    id. B. C. 1, 37 fin.; cf.:

    agmen Gallorum ex rupe Tarpeia,

    Liv. 7, 10:

    ex tot castellis,

    id. 44, 35:

    praesidium Claternā,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 2, 6; cf.:

    praesidium loco summe munito,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 30: praesidium (without abl.), Caes. B. G. 7, 36, 7; id. B. C. 3, 23, 2; Liv. 4, 53 al.:

    castra hostium,

    to destroy, id. 25, 14:

    praetorium,

    id. 41, 2 et saep.—
    2.
    Jurid. t. t., to drive out, turn out of possession, eject, dispossess (cf. deduco):

    unde vi prohibitus sis... unde dejectus?

    Cic. Caecin. 13; cf. id. ib. 17, 50:

    nisi ex eo loco ubi vestigium impresserit, deici neminem posse,

    id. ib. 27, 76 fin.:

    aliquem de possessione imperii,

    Liv. 45, 22.—
    3.
    Naut. t. t., pass.: deici, to be driven out of one's course:

    naves ad inferiorem partem insulae,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 28, 2:

    classis tempestate vexata ad Balearīs insulas deicitur,

    Liv. 23, 34, 16; id. 23, 40, 6.—
    4.
    Pregn. (cf.: cado, concĭdo, decĭdo; caedo, concīdo, decīdo, etc.), to fell with a mortal wound, to bring down dead to the ground; to kill, slay:

    his dejectis et coacervatis cadaveribus,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 27, 4; 4, 12; id. B. C. 1, 46; 3, 51; cf.:

    quem telo primum, quem postremum aspera virgo Deicis?

    Verg. A. 11, 665:

    avem ab alto caelo,

    id. ib. 5, 542; cf. id. ib. 11, 580:

    Glaucoque bovem Thetidique juvencam Deicit Ancaeus,

    i. e. slaughters as a sacrifice, Val. Fl. 1, 191:

    super juvencum stabat dejectum leo,

    Phaedr. 2, 1, 1:

    (Hercules) aves sagittis dejecit,

    Lact. 1, 9, 2:

    gruem,

    Verg. A. 11, 580.—
    5.
    To lower, let down, hang down, depress, of the head, etc. (cf. II. A. infra):

    dejecto capite (opp. supino capite),

    Quint. 11, 3, 69.—Of a nod (opp. relato capite), Apul. Met. 10.—Of a wild beast:

    id (caput) dejectum semper in terram,

    Plin. 8, 21, 32, § 77:

    in pectora mentum,

    Ov. M. 12, 255:

    euntes dejecta cervice Getae,

    Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 180.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen.:

    pueri Sisennae oculos de isto numquam deicere,

    never took their eyes off him, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 2, 5, 71:

    oculos a republica,

    id. Phil. 1, 1:

    dejecit vultum et demissa voce locuta est,

    cast down her eyes, Verg. A. 3, 320; cf.:

    oculos in terram,

    Quint. 1, 11, 9 al.;

    and in Gr. construction, dejectus oculos,

    with downcast eyes, Verg. A. 11, 480:

    dejectus vultum,

    Stat. Th. 3, 367:

    ecquid ergo intellegis quantum mali de humana condicione dejeceris?

    thou hast removed, averted, Cic. Tusc. 1, 8; cf.:

    quantum de doloris terrore,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 14:

    vitia a se ratione,

    id. ib. 4, 37, 80; cf.:

    cruciatum a corpore (with depellere omnia verbera),

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 62:

    hunc metum Siciliae,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 49 fin.:

    quae replenda vel deicienda sunt,

    Quint. 10, 4, 1:

    eum de sententia dejecistis,

    hast diverted from his opinion, Cic. Phil. 9, 4, 8:

    fortis et constantis est, non tumultuantem de gradu deici, ut dicitur,

    id. Off. 1, 23, 80; cf. id. Att. 16, 15, 3.—
    B.
    In partic. (acc. to no. I. B. 2.), to cast one down from the prospect of a thing; to prevent from obtaining, to deprive, rob of:

    de honore deici,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 9, 25:

    de possessione imperii,

    Liv. 45, 22, 7;

    for which, ad deiciendum honore eum,

    Liv. 39, 41;

    and, dejecti honore,

    id. 3, 35; so with simple abl.:

    aliquem aedilitate,

    Cic. Verr. 1, 8, 23:

    aedilitate,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 8, § 23:

    praeturā,

    id. Mur. 36, 76:

    principatu,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 63, 8:

    certo consulatu,

    Liv. 40, 46, 14:

    spe,

    id. 44, 28, 1:

    ea spe,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 8, 4; cf.:

    opinione trium legionum (i. e. spe trium legionum colligendarum),

    id. ib. 5, 48:

    conjuge tanto,

    Verg. A. 3, 317. —Without abl.: M. Caelium mentio illa fatua... subito dejecit, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 4, 3:

    cum inimicum eo quoque anno petentem dejecisset,

    Liv. 38, 35:

    uxorem (sc. conjugio),

    Tac. A. 11, 29 fin.:

    hoc dejecto,

    after his fall, Nep. Thras. 3, 1; cf. Tac. A. 2, 3; Luc. 8, 27:

    ex alto dejectus culmine regni,

    Sil. 17, 143.—
    C.
    To humble:

    deicimur, sed non perimus,

    Vulg. 2 Cor. 4, 9:

    deiciendi hominis causa,

    Lact. 4, 27, 17.—Hence, dejectus, a, um, P. a. (very rare).
    I.
    Sunk down, low:

    equitatus noster etsi dejectis atque inferioribus locis constiterat,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 46, 3:

    dejectius,

    Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 6 fin. —
    II.
    (Acc. to no. II. B., deprived of hope; hence) Cast down, dejected, dispirited:

    haud dejectus equum duci jubet,

    Verg. A. 10, 858; cf.: [p. 535] haud sic dejecta, Stat. Th. 3, 315:

    in epilogis plerumque dejecti et infracti sumus,

    Quint. 9. 4, 138.— Sup. does not occur.—
    * Adv. dējectē, low; only comp., dejectius, Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 27 fin.

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  • 7 accīdō

        accīdō cīdī, cīsus, ere    [ad + caedo], to cut, cut at, cut into, cut down, fell (rare): arbores, Cs.: accisa ornus ferro, V.: accisis crinibus, with shorn hair, Ta.—Poet., to consume: dapes, V.—Fig., to impair, weaken, shatter: Latinorum etsi pariter accisae copiae sint, L.: accisae Volscorum res, L. —
    * * *
    I
    accidere, accidi, - V
    fall upon/down/to/at or near, descend, alight; happen, occur; happen to (DAT)
    II
    accidere, accidi, accisus V TRANS
    cut, cut into/down/up, hack, hew, fell; overthrow, destroy; cut short; weaken

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  • 8 dēiciō or dēiiciō

        dēiciō or dēiiciō iēcī, iectus, ere    [de + iacio], to throw down, hurl down, precipitate, prostrate, raze, fell, cut down, tear down, destroy: alqm de ponte in Tiberim: alqm de saxo (Tarpeio), L.: a cervicibus iugum: se de muro, leap, Cs.: saxi deiectae vertice caprae, V.: se per munitiones, leap over, Cs.: venti a montibus se deiciunt, L.: volnerato equo deiectus, Cs.: statuas veterum hominum: naves deiciendi operis missae, to destroy, Cs.: monumenta regis, H.: muros, L.: ut omnes Hermae deicerentur, N.: deiectā turri, Cs.: caput uno ictu, V.; libellos, to tear down: sortīs, to cast, Cs.: deiectis lacrimis, shed, Pr.—Poet., with dat: Gyan leto, V.—Prov.: de gradu deici (orig. of a gladiator), to be thrown off one's balance, i. e. lose one's head.—To drive out, dislodge, expel: nostri deiecti sunt loco, Cs.: praesidium ex saltu, Cs.: Gallorum agmen ex rupe Tarpeiā, L.: praesidium Claternā.— To drive out, turn out of possession, eject, dispossess: unde sis deiectus: ex eo loco.— Pass: deici, to be driven out of one's course: naves ad inferiorem partem insulae, Cs.: classis tempestate vexata ad Belearīs insulas deicitur, L. — To lay low, strike down, kill, slay, slaughter: paucis deiectis, Cs.: quem telo primum Deicis? V.: (viperam) Deice, crush, V.: super iuvencum stabat deiectum leo, Ph.— To lower, let fall, de press: in pectora mentum, O.—Fig., to cast down: oculos: voltum, V.: deiectus oculos, with downcast eyes, V.: Deiecto in humum voltu, O.— To remove, avert, divert, turn away, repel: hunc metum Siciliae damnatione istius: oculos a re p.: quantum mali de humanā condicione: vitia a se ratione: eum de sententiā.— To prevent from obtaining, deprive, rob of: de possessione imperi vos, L.: principatu, Cs.: eā spe, Cs.: deiecta coniuge tanto, V.: uxore deiectā (sc. coniugio), Ta.: hoc deiecto, after his fall, N.—In elections, to defeat, disappoint, prevent the choice of: me aedilitate: eiusdem pecuniā de honore deici: civis optimus praeturā deiectus: deiectis honore per coitionem, L.

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  • 9 prōcumbō

        prōcumbō cubuī, cubitum, ere    [CVB-], to fall forwards, sink down, fall prostrate: Gallis ad pedes<*> ne cogerentur, etc., Cs.: genibus, O.: in vestibulo curiae, L.: in genua, Cu.: Coroebus Penelei dextrā Procumbit, V.: certamine summo, bend to their oars, V.— To lean forward, bend down, sink, be beaten down, be broken down, fall: frumenta imbribus procubuerant, i. e. were beaten down, Cs.: ne gravidis procumbat culmus aristis, V.: (domus) in domini procubuit caput, fell in upon, O.: agger in fossam procubuit, L.—Fig., to fall, be ruined: res procubuere meae, O.— To extend, spread, lie: planities sub radicibus montium procumbit, Cu.
    * * *
    procumbere, procubui, procubitus V
    sink down, lie down, lean forward

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  • 10 dēcidō

        dēcidō cidī, —, ere    [de + cado], to fall down, fall off, fall away: anguis decidit de tegulis, T.: poma ex arboribus: e flore guttae, O.: ex equis, N.: equo, Cs.: in terras sidus, O.: in puteum auceps, H.: in turbam praedonum hic fugiens, H.: in praeceps, O. — To fall down dead, sink down, die: Decidit exanimis vitamque reliquit in astris, V.: nos ubi decidimus, Quo pater Aeneas, passed to that bourne, H. — Fig., to fall, drop, fall away, fail, sink, perish: quantā de spe decidi! T.: a spe societatis Prusiae, L.: ex astris: toto pectore, out of one's affections, Tb.: in hanc fraudem: ficta omnia celeriter tamquam flosculi decidunt: non virtute hostium sed amicorum perfidiā decidi, N.
    * * *
    I
    decidere, decidi, - V INTRANS
    fall/drop/hang/flow down/off/over; sink/drop; fail, fall in ruin; end up; die
    II
    decidere, decidi, decisus V TRANS
    detach, cut off/out/down; fell; cut/notch/carve to delineate; flog thoroughly; make explicit; put an end to, bring to conclusion, settle/decide/agree (on)

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  • 11 cado

    cădo, cĕcĭdi, cāsum, 3 ( part. pres. gen. plur. cadentūm, Verg. A. 10, 674; 12, 410), v. n. [cf. Sanscr. çad-, to fall away].
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In an extended sense, to be driven or carried by one ' s weight from a higher to a lower point, to fall down, be precipitated, sink down, go down, sink, fall (so mostly poet.; in prose, in place of it, the compounds decĭdo, occĭdo, excĭdo, etc.; cf. also ruo, labor;

    opp. surgo, sto): tum arbores in te cadent,

    Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 25: (aves) praecipites cadunt in terram aut in aquam, fall headlong to the earth or into the water, Lucr. 6, 745; cf. id. 6, 828;

    imitated by Verg.: (apes) praecipites cadunt,

    Verg. G. 4, 80:

    nimbus, Ut picis e caelo demissum flumen, in undas Sic cadit, etc.,

    Lucr. 6, 258:

    cadit in terras vis flammea,

    id. 2, 215; so with in, id. 2, 209; 4, 1282; 6, 1006; 6, 1125; Prop. 4 (5), 4, 64:

    in patrios pedes,

    Ov. F. 2, 832.—With a different meaning:

    omnes plerumque cadunt in vulnus,

    in the direction of, towards their wound, Lucr. 4, 1049; cf.:

    prolapsa in vulnus moribunda cecidit,

    Liv. 1, 58, 11:

    cadit in vultus,

    Ov. M. 5, 292:

    in pectus,

    id. ib. 4, 579.—Less freq. with ad:

    ad terras,

    Plin. 2, 97, 99, § 216:

    ad terram,

    Quint. 5, 10, 84.—The place from which is designated by ab, ex, de:

    a summo cadere,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 15:

    a mento cadit manus,

    Ov. F. 3, 20:

    aves ab alto,

    Plin. 10, 38, 54, § 112:

    ut cadat (avis) e regione loci,

    Lucr. 6, 824:

    ex arbore,

    Plin. 17, 20, 34, § 148; Dig. 50, 16, 30, § 4; 18, 1, 80, § 2:

    cecidisse de equo dicitur,

    Cic. Clu. 62, 175:

    cadere de equo,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 125 (for which Cæsar, Nepos, and Pliny employ decidere):

    de manibus arma cecidissent,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 7, 21; cf.:

    de manibus civium delapsa arma ipsa ceciderunt,

    id. Off. 1, 22, 77:

    cadunt altis de montibus umbrae,

    Verg. E. 1, 84:

    de caelo,

    Lucr. 5, 791; Ov. M. 2, 322:

    de matre (i. e. nasci),

    Claud. in Rufin. 1, 92.—With per:

    per inane profundum,

    Lucr. 2, 222:

    per aquas,

    id. 2, 230:

    per salebras altaque saxa,

    Mart. 11, 91; cf.:

    imbre per indignas usque cadente genas,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 18.—With the adverb altius: altius atque cadant summotis nubibus imbres, and poured forth from a greater height, etc., Verg. E. 6, 38.—And absol.:

    folia nunc cadunt,

    Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 24; Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 12; Lucr. 6, 297:

    ut pluere in multis regionibus et cadere imbres,

    id. 6, 415:

    cadens nix,

    id. 3, 21; 3, 402:

    velut si prolapsus cecidisset,

    Liv. 1, 56, 12: quaeque ita concus [p. 259] sa est, ut jam casura putetur, Ov. P. 2, 3, 59:

    cadentem Sustinuisse,

    id. M. 8, 148:

    saepius, of epileptics,

    Plin. Val. 12, 58:

    casuri, si leviter excutiantur, flosculi,

    Quint. 12, 10, 73.—
    2.
    Esp.
    a.
    Of heavenly bodies, to decline, set (opp. orior), Ov. F. 1, 295:

    oceani finem juxta solemque cadentem,

    Verg. A. 4, 480; 8, 59; Tac. G. 45:

    soli subjecta cadenti arva,

    Avien. Descr. Orb. 273; cf. Tac. Agr. 12:

    quā (nocte) tristis Orion cadit,

    Hor. Epod. 10, 10:

    Arcturus cadens,

    id. C. 3, 1, 27.—
    b.
    To separate from something by falling, to fall off or away, fall out, to drop off, be shed, etc.:

    nam tum dentes mihi cadebant primulum,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 57:

    dentes cadere imperat aetas,

    Lucr. 5, 671; Sen. Ep. 12, 3; 83, 3:

    pueri qui primus ceciderit dens,

    Plin. 28, 4, 9, § 41:

    barba,

    Verg. E. 1, 29:

    quam multa in silvis autumni frigore primo Lapsa cadunt folia,

    id. A. 6, 310; cf. Cat. 11, 22; Hor. A. P. 61:

    lanigeris gregibus Sponte suā lanae cadunt,

    Ov. M. 7, 541:

    saetae,

    id. ib. 14, 303:

    quadrupedibus pilum cadere,

    Plin. 11, 39, 94, § 231:

    poma,

    Ov. M. 7, 586:

    cecidere manu quas legerat, herbae,

    id. ib. 14, 350:

    elapsae manibus cecidere tabellae,

    id. ib. 9, 571:

    et colus et fusus digitis cecidere remissis,

    id. ib. 4, 229.—
    c.
    Of a stream, to fall, empty itself:

    amnis Aretho cadit in sinum maris,

    Liv. 38, 4, 3; 38, 13, 6; 44, 31, 4:

    flumina in pontum cadent,

    Sen. Med. 406:

    flumina in Hebrum cadentia,

    Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 50:

    tandem in alterum amnem cadit,

    Curt. 6, 4, 6.—
    d.
    Of dice, to be thrown or cast; to turn up:

    illud, quod cecidit forte,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 23 sq.; Liv. 2, 12, 16.—
    e.
    Alicui (alicujus) ad pedes, to fall at one ' s feet in supplication, etc. (post-class. for abicio, proicio), Sen. Contr. 1, 1, 19; Eutr. 4, 7; Aug. Serm. 143, 4; Vulg. Joan. 11, 32 al.—
    f.
    Super collum allcujus, to embrace (late Lat.), Vulg. Luc. 15, 20.—
    B.
    In a more restricted sense.
    1.
    To fall, to fall down, drop, fall to, be precipitated, etc.; to sink down, to sink, settle (the usual class. signif. in prose and poetry):

    cadere in plano,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 17 sq.:

    deorsum,

    Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 89:

    uspiam,

    Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 12:

    Brutus, velut si prolapsus cecidisset,

    Liv. 1, 56, 12; cf. id. 5, 21, 16; 1, 58, 12:

    dum timent, ne aliquando cadant, semper jacent,

    Quint. 8, 5, 32:

    sinistrā manu sinum ad ima crura deduxit (Caesar), quo honestius caderet,

    Suet. Caes. 82:

    cadere supinus,

    id. Aug. 43 fin.:

    in pectus pronus,

    Ov. M. 4, 579:

    cadunt toti montes,

    Lucr. 6, 546:

    radicitus exturbata (pinus) prona cadit,

    Cat. 64, 109:

    concussae cadunt urbes,

    Lucr. 5, 1236:

    casura moenia Troum,

    Ov. M. 13, 375; id. H. 13, 71:

    multaque praeterea ceciderunt moenia magnis motibus in terris,

    Lucr. 6, 588: languescunt omnia membra;

    bracchia palpebraeque cadunt,

    their arms and eyelids fall, id. 4, 953; 3, 596; so,

    ceciderunt artus,

    id. 3, 453:

    sed tibi tamen oculi, voltus, verba cecidissent,

    Cic. Dom. 52, 133; cf.:

    oculos vigiliā fatigatos cadentesque in opere detineo,

    Sen. Ep. 8, 1:

    patriae cecidere manus,

    Verg. A. 6, 33:

    cur facunda parum decoro Inter verba cadit lingua silentio?

    Hor. C. 4, 1, 36:

    cecidere illis animique manusque,

    Ov. M. 7, 347; Val. Fl. 1, 300; cf. II. F. infra.—
    2.
    In a pregn. signif. (as in most langg., to fall in battle, to die), to fall so as to be unable to rise, to fall dead, to fall, die (opp. vivere), Prop. 2 (3), 28, 42 (usu. of those who die in battle;

    hence most freq. in the histt.): hostes crebri cadunt,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 79 sq.:

    aut in acie cadendum fuit aut in aliquas insidias incidendum,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 3; Curt. 4, 1, 28; Ov. M. 7, 142:

    ut cum dignitate potius cadamus quam cum ignominiā serviamus,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 14, 35:

    pauci de nostris cadunt,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 15; id. B. C. 3, 53:

    optimus quisque cadere aut sauciari,

    Sall. J. 92, 8; so id. C. 60, 6; id. J. 54, 10; Nep. Paus. 1, 2; id. Thras. 2, 7; id. Dat. 1, 2; 6, 1; 8, 3; Liv. 10, 35, 15 and 19; 21, 7, 10; 23, 21, 7; 29, 14, 8; Tac. G. 33; Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 27; Ov. M. 7, 142:

    per acies,

    Tac. A. 1, 2:

    pro patriā,

    Quint. 2, 15, 29:

    ante diem,

    Verg. A. 4, 620:

    bipenni,

    Ov. M. 12, 611:

    ense,

    Val. Fl. 1, 812.—Not in battle:

    inque pio cadit officio,

    Ov. M. 6, 250.—With abl. of means or instrument:

    suoque Marte (i. e. suā manu) cadunt,

    Ov. M. 3, 123; cf. Tac. A. 3, 42 fin.:

    suā manu cecidit,

    fell by his own hand, id. ib. 15, 71:

    exitu voluntario,

    id. H. 1, 40:

    muliebri fraude cadere,

    id. A. 2, 71: cecidere justā Morte Centauri, cecidit tremendae Flamma Chimaerae, Hor. C. 4, 2, 14 sq.:

    manu femineā,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 1179:

    femineo Marte,

    Ov. M. 12, 610.—With abl. of agent with ab:

    torqueor, infesto ne vir ab hoste cadat,

    should be slain by, Ov. H. 9, 36; so id. M. 5, 192; Suet. Oth. 5:

    a centurione volneribus adversis tamquam in pugnā,

    Tac. A. 16, 9.—And without ab:

    barbarae postquam cecidere turmae Thessalo victore,

    Hor. C. 2, 4, 9; imitated by Claudian, IV. Cons. Hon. 89; Grat. Cyn. 315.—
    b.
    Of victims, to be slain or offered, to be sacrificed, to fall ( poet.):

    multa tibi ante aras nostrā cadet hostia dextrā,

    Verg. A. 1, 334:

    si tener pleno cadit haedus anno,

    Hor. C. 3, 18, 5; Tib. 1, 1, 23; 4, 1, 15; Ov. M. 7, 162; 13, 615; id. F. 4, 653.—
    3.
    In mal. part., = succumbo, to yield to, Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 104; Tib. 4, 10, 2; Sen. Contr. 1, 3, 7.—
    4.
    Matre cadens, just born ( poet.), Val. Fl. 1, 355; cf. of the custom of laying the new-born child at the father's feet: tellure cadens. Stat. S. 1, 2, 209; 5, 5, 69.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To come or fall under, to fall, to be subject or exposed to something (more rare than its compound incidere, but class.); constr. usually with sub or in, sometimes with ad:

    sub sensus cadere nostros,

    i. e. to be perceived by the senses, Lucr. 1, 448:

    sub sensum,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 48: in cernendi sensum. id. Tim. 3:

    sub oculos,

    id. Or. 3, 9:

    in conspectum,

    to become visible, id. Tusc. 1, 22, 50:

    sub aurium mensuram,

    id. Or. 20, 67:

    sponte suā (genus humanum) cecidit sub leges artaque jura,

    subjected itself to law and the force of right, Lucr. 5, 1146; so id. 3, 848:

    ad servitia,

    Liv. 1, 40, 3:

    utrorum ad regna,

    Lucr. 3, 836; so,

    sub imperium dicionemque Romanorum,

    Cic. Font. 5, 12 (1, 2):

    in potestatem unius,

    id. Att. 8, 3, 2:

    in cogitationem,

    to suggest itself to the thoughts, id. N. D. 1, 9, 21:

    in hominum disceptationem,

    id. de Or. 2, 2, 5:

    in deliberationem,

    id. Off. 1, 3, 9:

    in offensionem alicujus,

    id. N. D. 1, 30, 85:

    in morbum,

    id. Tusc. 1, 32, 79:

    in suspitionem alicujus,

    Nep. Paus. 2, 6:

    in calumniam,

    Quint. 9, 4, 57:

    abrupte cadere in narrationem,

    id. 4, 1, 79:

    in peccatum,

    Aug. in Psa. 65, 13.—
    B.
    In gen.: in or sub aliquem or aliquid, to belong to any object, to be in accordance with, agree with, refer to, be suitable to, to fit, suit, become (so esp. freq. in philos. and rhet. lang.):

    non cadit in hos mores, non in hunc pudorem, non in hanc vitam, non in hunc hominem ista suspitio,

    Cic. Sull. 27, 75:

    cadit ergo in bonum virum mentiri, emolumenti sui causā?

    id. Off. 3, 20, 81; so id. Cael. 29, 69; id. Har. Resp. 26, 56:

    haec Academica... in personas non cadebant,

    id. Att. 13, 19, 5:

    qui pedes in orationem non cadere quī possunt?

    id. Or. 56, 188:

    neque in unam formam cadunt omnia,

    id. ib. 11, 37; 57, 191; 27, 95; id. de Or. 3, 47, 182; Quint. 3, 7, 6; 4, 2, 37; 4, 2, 93; 6, prooem. § 5; 7, 2, 30 and 31; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 82:

    heu, cadit in quemquam tantum scelus?

    Verg. E. 9, 17; Cic. Or. 27, 95; 11, 37; Quint. 3, 5, 16; 3, 6, 91; 5, 10, 30; 6, 3, 52; 7, 2, 31; 9, 1, 7;

    9, 3, 92: hoc quoque in rerum naturam cadit, ut, etc.,

    id. 2, 17, 32:

    in iis rebus, quae sub eandem rationem cadunt,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 47; Quint. 8, 3, 56.—
    C.
    To fall upon a definite time (rare):

    considera, ne in alienissimum tempus cadat adventus tuus,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 14, 4:

    in id saeculum Romuli cecidit aetas, cum, etc.,

    id. Rep. 2, 10, 18.—Hence, in mercantile lang., of payments, to fall due: in eam diem cadere ( were due) nummos, qui a Quinto debentur, Cic. Att. 15, 20, 4.—
    D.
    (Acc. to I. 1. e.) Alicui, to fall to one (as by lot), fall to one ' s lot, happen to one, befall; and absol. (for accidere), to happen, come to pass, occur, result, turn out, fall out (esp. in an unexpected manner; cf. accido; very freq. in prose and poetry).
    1.
    Alicui:

    nihil ipsis jure incommodi cadere possit,

    Cic. Quint. 16, 51:

    hoc cecidit mihi peropportune, quod, etc.,

    id. de Or. 2, 4, 15; id. Att. 3, 1:

    insperanti mihi, cecidit, ut, etc.,

    id. de Or. 1, 21, 96; id. Att. 8, 3, 6; id. Mil. 30, 81:

    mihi omnia semper honesta et jucunda ceciderunt,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 1:

    sunt, quibus ad portas cecidit custodia sorti,

    Verg. G. 4, 165:

    haec aliis maledicta cadant,

    Tib. 1, 6, 85:

    neu tibi pro vano verba benigna cadunt,

    Prop. 1, 10, 24:

    ut illis... voluptas cadat dura inter saepe pericla,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 40: verba cadentia, uttered at random, id. Ep. 1, 18, 12.—
    2.
    Ab sol., Afran. ap. Charis. p. 195 P.;

    Cic. Leg.2, 13, 33: verebar quorsum id casurum esset,

    how it would turn out, id. Att. 3, 24:

    aliorsum vota ceciderunt,

    Flor. 2, 4, 5:

    cum aliter res cecidisset ac putasses,

    had turned out differently from what was expected, Cic. Fam. 5, 19, 1:

    sane ita cadebat ut vellem,

    id. Att. 3, 7, 1; id. Div. 2, 52, 107; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 12, 3; Cic. Verr. 1, 2, 5; Caes. B. C. 3, 73, Nep. Milt. 2, 5 Dähne:

    cum, quae tum maxime acciderant, casura praemonens, a furioso incepto eos deterreret,

    Liv. 36, 34, 3; 22, 40, 3; 35, 13, 9; 38, 46, 6; Plin. Pan. 31, 1; Tac. A. 2, 80; 6, 8; Suet. Tib. 14 al.; Verg. A. 2, 709:

    ut omnia fortiter fiant, feliciter cadant,

    Sen. Suas. 2, p. 14:

    multa. fortuito in melius casura,

    Tac. A. 2, 77.—With adj.:

    si non omnia caderent secunda,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 73:

    vota cadunt, i.e. rata sunt,

    are fulfilled, realized, Tib. 2, 2, 17 (diff. from Prop. 1, 17, 4; v. under F.).—
    3.
    With in and acc.: nimia illa libertas et populis et privatis in nimiam servitutem cadit (cf. metaballei), Cic. Rep. 1, 44, 68.—Esp.: in (ad) irritum or cassum, to be frustrated, fail, be or remain fruitless:

    omnia in cassum cadunt,

    Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 147; Lucr. 2, 1166:

    ad irritum cadens spes,

    Liv. 2, 6, 1; so Tac. H. 3, 26:

    in irritum,

    id. A. 15, 39; cf. with irritus, adj.:

    ut irrita promissa ejus caderent,

    Liv. 2, 31, 5:

    haud irritae cecidere minae,

    id. 6, 35, 10.—
    E.
    To fall, to become less (in strength, power, worth, etc.), to decrease, diminish, lessen:

    cadunt vires,

    Lucr. 5, 410:

    mercenarii milites pretia militiae casura in pace aegre ferebant,

    Liv. 34, 36, 7.—More freq. in an extended signif. (acc. to I. B. 2.),
    F. 1.
    In gen.: pellis item cecidit, vestis contempta ferina. declined in value, Lucr. 5, 1417:

    turpius est enim privatim cadere (i. e. fortunis everti) quam publice,

    Cic. Att. 16, 15, 6; so id. Fam. 6, 10, 2:

    atque ea quidem tua laus pariter cum re publicā cecidit,

    id. Off. 2, 13, 45:

    tanta civitas, si cadet,

    id. Har. Resp. 20, 42:

    huc cecidisse Germanici exercitus gloriam, ut, etc.,

    Tac. H. 3, 13:

    non tibi ingredienti fines ira cecidit?

    Liv. 2, 40, 7; Pers. 5, 91:

    amicitia nec debilitari animos aut cadere patitur,

    Cic. Lael. 7, 23:

    animus,

    to fail, Liv. 1, 11, 3; Ov. M. 11, 537; cf. id. ib. 7, 347:

    non debemus ita cadere animis, etc.,

    to lose courage, be disheartened, Cic. Fam. 6, 1, 4:

    tam graviter,

    id. Off. 1, 21, 73; cf. Sen. Ep. 8, 3.—Esp., to fail in speaking:

    magnus orator est... minimeque in lubrico versabitur, et si semel constiterit numquam cadet,

    Cic. Or. 28, 98:

    alte enim cadere non potest,

    id. ib. —So in the lang. of the jurists, causā or formulā, to lose one ' s cause or suit:

    causā cadere,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 19, 57; so id. de Or. 1, 36, 166 sq.; id. Fam. 7, 14, 1; Quint. 7, 3, 17; Luc. 2, 554; Suet. Calig. 39:

    formulā cadere,

    Sen. Ep. 48, 10; Quint. 3, 6, 69.—With in:

    ita quemquam cadere in judicio, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Mur. 28, 58.—Also absol.:

    cadere,

    Tac. H. 4, 6; and:

    criminibus repetundarum,

    id. ib. 1, 77:

    conjurationis crimine,

    id. A. 6, 14:

    ut cecidit Fortuna Phrygum,

    Ov. M. 13, 435:

    omniaque ingrato litore vota cadunt, i. e. irrita sunt,

    remain unfulfilled, unaccomplished, Prop. 1, 17, 4 (diff. from Tib. 2, 2, 17; v. above, D. 2.); cf.:

    at mea nocturno verba cadunt zephyro,

    Prop. 1, 16, 34:

    multa renascentur, quae jam cecidere, cadentque Quae nunc sunt in honore vocabula,

    to fall into disuse, grow out of date, Hor. A. P. 70 —Hence of theatrical representations, to fall through, to fail, be condemned (opp. stare, to win applause;

    the fig. derived from combatants): securus cadat an recto stet fabula talo,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 176.— Impers.. periculum est, ne cadatur, Aug. Don. Persev. 1.—
    2.
    Esp. of the wind (opp. surgo), to abate, subside, die away, etc.:

    cadit Eurus et umida surgunt Nubila,

    Ov. M. 8, 2:

    ventus premente nebulā cecidit,

    Liv. 29, 27, 10:

    cadente jam Euro,

    id. 25, 27, 11:

    venti vis omnis cecidit,

    id. 26, 39, 8:

    ubi primum aquilones ceciderunt,

    id. 36, 43, 11; cf.:

    sic cunctus pelagi cecidit fragor,

    Verg. A. 1, 154:

    ventosi ceciderunt murmuris aurae,

    id. E. 9, 58; id. G. 1, 354 Serv. and Wagn.—
    G.
    Rhet. and gram. t. t. of words, syllables, clauses, etc., to be terminated, end, close:

    verba melius in syllabas longiores cadunt,

    Cic. Or. 57, 194; 67, 223: qua (littera [p. 260] sc. m) nullum Graece verbum cadit, Quint. 12, 10, 31:

    plerique censent cadere tantum numerose oportere terminarique sententiam,

    Cic. Or. 59, 199; so id. Brut. 8, 34:

    apto cadens oratio,

    Quint. 9, 4, 32:

    numerus opportune cadens,

    id. 9, 4, 27:

    ultima syllaba in gravem vel duas graves cadit semper,

    id. 12, 10, 33 Spald.: similiter cadentia = omoioptôta, the ending of words with the same cases or verbal forms, diff. from similiter desinentia = omoioteleuta, similar endings of any kind, Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 206; id. Or. 34, 135; Auct. Her. 4, 20, 28; Quint. 9, 4, 42; cf. id. 9, 4, 18; 9, 3, 78; 9, 3, 79; 1, 7, 23; Aquil. Rom. Figur. §§ 25 and 26.

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  • 12 succido

    1.
    suc-cĭdo, ĭdi, 3, v. n. [sub-cado], to fall under any thing.
    * I.
    In gen.:

    lorica quod e loris de corio crudo pectoralia faciebant: postea succidit Gallica e ferro sub id vocabulum,

    i. e. were comprehended under the word, Varr. L. L. 5, § 116 Müll.—
    II.
    Pregn., to sink under one ' s self, sink down, sink ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    A.
    Lit.:

    genua inedia succidunt,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 30; so,

    artus,

    Lucr. 3, 156:

    omnia fragore,

    id. 5, 109:

    terra repente,

    id. 5, 482:

    in mediis conatibus aegri Succidimus,

    Verg. A. 12, 911:

    imperfecta sublabantur aut succidant,

    Sen. Ep. 71, 35:

    continuo labore gravia genua succiderant,

    Curt. 9, 5, 7.—
    B.
    Trop.:

    mens succidit,

    Sen. Ep. 71, 24:

    mendax Dardania domus,

    id. Agam. 863.
    2.
    suc-cīdo, cīdi, cīsum, 3, v. a. [sub-caedo], to cut off or away below, cut from below, to cut through, cut off, cut down, fell (rare but class.; not in Cic.): is pernas succidit iniquā superbiā Poeni, Enn. ap. Fest. pp. 304 and 305 Müll. (Ann. v. 279 Vahl.); cf.:

    vivos Succisis feminibus poplitibusque invenerunt,

    Liv. 22, 51, 7:

    poplitem,

    Verg. A. 10, 700:

    crura equis (with suffodere ilia),

    Liv. 42, 59, 3:

    nervos equorum,

    id. 44, 28, 14:

    arbores,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 9; Liv. 23, 24; Col. 2, 2, 11; 11, 2, 11; Plin. 16, 12, 23, § 58 al.:

    asseres,

    Liv. 44, 5, 6:

    florem aratro, Verg.A.9,435: frumentis succisis,

    cut down, mown down, Caes. B. G. 4, 38; 4, 19:

    Cererem,

    Verg. G. 1, 297:

    (herbas) curvamine falcis aënae,

    Ov. M. 7, 227:

    segetem,

    Sil. 15, 536 al.: cf.:

    ita gregem metite imbellem ac succidite ferro,

    mow down, Sil. 14, 134:

    serpens succisa manu Herculeā,

    Sen. Med. 702.— Poet.:

    succisa libido,

    emasculated, made powerless, Claud. in Eutr. 1, 190.

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  • 13 caedō

        caedō cecīdī, caesus, ere    [2 SAC-, SEC-], to cut, hew, cut down, fell, cut off, cut to pieces: arbores: robur, O.: silvas, Cs.: murus latius quam caederetur ruebat, L.: lapis caedendus: securibus vina (frozen), V.: comam (vitis), Tb.: caesis montis fodisse medullis, Ct. — Prov.: ut vineta egomet caedam mea, i. e. attack my own interests, H. — To strike upon, knock at, beat, strike, cudgel: ianuam saxis: verberibus te, T.: virgis ad necem caedi: flagellis Ad mortem caesus, H.: nudatos virgis, L.: servum sub furcā, L.: caesae pectora palmis, i. e. beating, O.: in iudicio testibus caeditur, i. e. is pressed.—Of men, to strike mortally, kill, murder: illi dies, quo Ti. Gracchus est caesus: caeso Argo, O.—Poet., of blood: caeso sparsuros sanguine flammam, shed, V. — Of battle, to slay, slaughter, cut to pieces, vanquish, destroy: exercitus caesus fususque: infra arcem caesi captique multi, L.: passim obvii caedebantur, Cu.: ingentem cecidit Antiochum, H.: placare ventos virgine caesā, V.—Of animals, to slaughter (esp. for sacrifice): greges armentorum: boves, O.: deorum mentis caesis hostiis placare: victimas, L.: binas bidentis, V.: Tempestatibus agnam, V. — Fig.: pignus caedere (in law), to declare the forfeiture of a security, confiscate a pledge: non tibi illa sunt caedenda: dum sermones caedimus, chop words, chat, T.: Caedimur, cudgel one another (with compliments), H.
    * * *
    I
    caedere, caecidi, caesus V TRANS
    chop, hew, cut out/down/to pieces; strike, smite, murder; slaughter; sodomize
    II
    caedere, cecidi, caesus V TRANS
    chop, hew, cut out/down/to pieces; strike, smite, murder; slaughter; sodomize

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  • 14 deicio

    deicere, dejeci, dejectus V TRANS
    throw/pour/jump/send/put/push/force/knock/bring down; cause to fall/drop; hang; overthrow, bring down, depose; kill, destroy; shoot/strike down; fell (victim); unhorse; let fall; shed; purge/evacuate bowel; dislodge/rout; drive/throw out

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  • 15 dejicio

    dejicere, dejeci, dejectus V TRANS
    throw/pour/jump/send/put/push/force/knock/bring down; cause to fall/drop; hang; overthrow, bring down, depose; kill, destroy; shoot/strike down; fell (victim); unhorse; let fall; shed; purge/evacuate (bowel); dislodge/rout; drive/throw ou

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  • 16 demitto

    demittere, demisi, demissus V TRANS
    drop, let fall; sink; send/cast/go/flow/float/slope down; flow/shed/let (blood); bend/stoop/bow/sag; lower (eyes); let (clothes/hair/beard) hang down; bring/strike down; plunge/insert/thrust/plant; dismiss/demote; depose; absorb; decend by race/birth; leave (will); let issue rest (on evidence); fell (tree)

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  • 17 caecidi

    caedo, cĕcīdi (in MSS. freq. caecīdi, v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 460), caesum, 3, v. a. [root cīd- for scid-; cf. scindo; Gr. schizô].
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    To cut, hew, lop, cut down, fell, cut off, cut to pieces: caesa abiegna trabes, Enn. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 75 (Trag. v. 281 Vahl.):

    frondem querneam caedito,

    Cato, R. R. 5, 8:

    arbores,

    Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33; Ov. M. 9, 230:

    robur,

    Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86; Ov. M. 8, 769:

    lignum,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3. 63: silvam, Varr ap. Non. p. 272, 5; Lucr. 5, 1265; Caes. B. G. 3, 29; Ov. M. 8, 329; Suet. Aug. 94 fin.; Pall. Mai, 4, 1:

    nemus,

    Ov. M. 2, 418; cf. id. ib. 1, 94; 9, 230; 9, 374;

    14, 535: harundinem,

    Dig. 7, 1, 59, § 2:

    arboris auctum,

    Lucr. 6, 167:

    comam vitis,

    Tib. 1, 7, 34:

    faenum,

    Col. 2, 18, 1:

    murus latius quam caederetur ruebat,

    Liv. 21, 11, 9:

    caesis montis fodisse medullis,

    Cat. 68, 111; so,

    caedi montis in marmora,

    Plin. 12, prooem. §

    2: lapis caedendus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 56, § 147:

    silicem,

    id. Div. 2, 41, 85:

    marmor,

    Dig. 24, 3, 7, § 13:

    toga rotunda et apte caesa,

    cut out, Quint. 11, 3, 139: caedunt securibus umida vina, with axes they cut out the wine (formerly liquid, now frozen), Verg. G. 3, 364: volutas, to carve or hollow out volutes, Vitr. 3, 3: tineae omnia caedunt, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 272, 14.—
    b.
    Prov.:

    ut vineta egomet caedam mea,

    i. e. carry my own hide to market, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 220 (proverbium in eos dicitur, qui sibi volentes nocent, Schol. Crucq.; cf. Tib. 1, 2, 98; Verg. A. 5, 672).—
    c.
    Ruta caesa; v ruo, P. a.—
    2.
    In gen., to strike upon something, to knock at, to beat, strike, cudgel, etc.:

    ut lapidem ferro quom caedimus evolat ignis,

    strike upon with iron, Lucr. 6, 314:

    caedere januam saxis,

    Cic. Verr 2, 1, 27, § 69:

    silicem rostro,

    Liv. 41, 13, 1:

    vasa dolabris,

    Curt. 5, 6, 5:

    femur, pectus, frontem,

    Quint. 2, 12, 10; cf. id. 11, 3, 123 al.:

    verberibus,

    Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 45; so Ter. And. 1, 2, 28:

    pugnis,

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, [p. 262] 43:

    aliquem ex occulto,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 17:

    at validis socios caedebant dentibus apri,

    they fell with their strong tusks upon their own party, Lucr. 5, 1325; cf. Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 71:

    virgis ad necem caedi,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69; Hor. S. 1, 2, 42:

    populum saxis,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 128:

    ferulā aliquem,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 120:

    flagris,

    Quint. 6, 3, 25:

    aliquem loris,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 8, 24; Suet. Ner. 26; 49; id. Dom. 8:

    caeduntur (agrestes) inter potentium inimicitias,

    Sall. H. Fragm. 3, 61, 27 Dietsch:

    nudatos virgis,

    Liv. 2, 5, 8:

    hastilibus caedentes terga trepidantium,

    id. 35, 5, 10:

    servum sub furcā caesum medio egerat circo, i.e. ita ut simul caederet,

    id. 2, 36, 1.—
    b.
    Prov.:

    stimulos pugnis caedere,

    to kick against the pricks, to aggravate a danger by foolish resistance, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 55.—
    c.
    Trop.:

    in judicio testibus caeditur,

    is pressed, hard pushed, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 3.—
    B.
    Pregn.
    1.
    (Cf. cado, I. B. 2.) To strike mortally, to kill, murder:

    ille dies, quo Ti. Gracchus est caesus,

    Cic. Mil. 5, 14:

    P. Africanus de Tiberio Graccho responderat jure caesum videri,

    id. de Or. 2, 25, 106; id. Off. 2, 12, 43:

    caeso Argo,

    Ov. M. 2, 533; 5, 148; 12, 113; 12, 590; 12, 603; Suet. Caes. 76 al. — Poet., transf. to the blood shed in slaying:

    caeso sparsuros sanguine flammam,

    Verg. A. 11, 82.—Esp. freq.,
    b.
    In milit. lang., to slay a single enemy; or, when a hostile army as a whole is spoken of, to conquer with great slaughter, to cut to pieces, vanquish, destroy (cf. Oud., Wolf, and Baumg.Crus. upon Suet. Vesp. 4):

    exercitus caesus fususque,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 1, 1:

    Romani insecuti (hostem), caedentes spoliantesque caesos, castra regia diripiunt,

    Liv. 32, 12, 10; 2, 47, 9:

    infra arcem caesi captique multi mortales,

    id. 4, 61, 6; 22, 7, 2 and 9; Quint. 12, 10, 24; Suet. Aug. 21; 23; id. Vesp. 4:

    Indos,

    Curt. 9, 5, 19:

    passim obvios,

    id. 5, 6, 6:

    praesidium,

    id. 4, 5, 17:

    propugnatores reipublicae,

    Quint. 12, 10, 24:

    caesus (hostis) per calles saltusque vagando circumagatur,

    Liv. 44, 36, 10 Kreyss.:

    consulem exercitumque caesum,

    id. 22, 56, 2:

    legio-nes nostras cecidere,

    id. 7, 30, 14; so Nep. Dat. 6, 4; Tac. Agr. 18; Suet. Claud. 1.— And poet., the leader is put for the army:

    Pyrrhum et ingentem cecidit Antiochum Hannibalemque dirum,

    Hor. C. 3, 6, 36.—In poet. hypallage:

    caesi corporum acervi (for caesorum),

    Cat. 64, 359.—
    c.
    To slaughter animals, esp. for offerings, to kill, slay, sacrifice:

    caedit greges armentorum,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 12, 31:

    boves,

    Ov. M. 15, 141:

    deorum mentes caesis hostiis placare,

    Cic. Clu. 68, 194:

    caesis victimis,

    id. Att. 1, 13, 1; Liv. 8, 6, 11; 10, 7, 10; 45, 7, 1; Tac. A. 2, 75; Suet. Caes. 81; id. Calig. 14; id. Ner. 25; id. Oth. 8; id. Galb. 18; id. Claud. 25; Just. 11, 5, 6 al.; Verg. A. 5, 96; Hor. Epod. 2, 59; Ov.M.13, 637; Juv. 6, 48; 6, 447; 8, 156; 12, 3 al.: inter caesa et porrecta; v. porricio.—
    d.
    Hence, since security for a person was anciently given by the deposit of sheep belonging to him, which were slaughtered in case of forfeiture, leg. t. t.: pignus caedere (or concidere), to declare the for feiture of a security, to confiscate a pledge: non tibi illa sunt caedenda, si L. Crassum vis coërcere, Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 4.—
    2.
    In mal. part. ( = concido; cf.:

    jam hoc, caede, concide: nonne vobis verba depromere videtur ad omne genus nequitiae accommodata?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155); Cat. 56, 7; Auct. Priap. 25, 10; Tert. Pall. 4.—
    II.
    Trop.: caedere sermones, a Grecism, acc. to Prisc. 18, p. 1118 P., = koptein ta rhêmata, to chop words, chat, talk, converse, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 1; cf. Non. p. 272, 13, and Prisc. p. 1188 P.:

    oratio caesa,

    i. e. asyndeton, Auct. Her. 4, 19, 26; Aquil. Rom. §§ 18 and 19; Mart. Cap. 5; § 528.—Hence, caesum, i, n.; subst. in gram. synon. with comma, a stop, pause, comma, Mart. Cap. 5, § 527; Aquil. Rom. § 19; Fortun. Art. Rhet. 3, 10.

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  • 18 caedo

    caedo, cĕcīdi (in MSS. freq. caecīdi, v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 460), caesum, 3, v. a. [root cīd- for scid-; cf. scindo; Gr. schizô].
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    To cut, hew, lop, cut down, fell, cut off, cut to pieces: caesa abiegna trabes, Enn. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 75 (Trag. v. 281 Vahl.):

    frondem querneam caedito,

    Cato, R. R. 5, 8:

    arbores,

    Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33; Ov. M. 9, 230:

    robur,

    Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86; Ov. M. 8, 769:

    lignum,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 3. 63: silvam, Varr ap. Non. p. 272, 5; Lucr. 5, 1265; Caes. B. G. 3, 29; Ov. M. 8, 329; Suet. Aug. 94 fin.; Pall. Mai, 4, 1:

    nemus,

    Ov. M. 2, 418; cf. id. ib. 1, 94; 9, 230; 9, 374;

    14, 535: harundinem,

    Dig. 7, 1, 59, § 2:

    arboris auctum,

    Lucr. 6, 167:

    comam vitis,

    Tib. 1, 7, 34:

    faenum,

    Col. 2, 18, 1:

    murus latius quam caederetur ruebat,

    Liv. 21, 11, 9:

    caesis montis fodisse medullis,

    Cat. 68, 111; so,

    caedi montis in marmora,

    Plin. 12, prooem. §

    2: lapis caedendus,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 56, § 147:

    silicem,

    id. Div. 2, 41, 85:

    marmor,

    Dig. 24, 3, 7, § 13:

    toga rotunda et apte caesa,

    cut out, Quint. 11, 3, 139: caedunt securibus umida vina, with axes they cut out the wine (formerly liquid, now frozen), Verg. G. 3, 364: volutas, to carve or hollow out volutes, Vitr. 3, 3: tineae omnia caedunt, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 272, 14.—
    b.
    Prov.:

    ut vineta egomet caedam mea,

    i. e. carry my own hide to market, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 220 (proverbium in eos dicitur, qui sibi volentes nocent, Schol. Crucq.; cf. Tib. 1, 2, 98; Verg. A. 5, 672).—
    c.
    Ruta caesa; v ruo, P. a.—
    2.
    In gen., to strike upon something, to knock at, to beat, strike, cudgel, etc.:

    ut lapidem ferro quom caedimus evolat ignis,

    strike upon with iron, Lucr. 6, 314:

    caedere januam saxis,

    Cic. Verr 2, 1, 27, § 69:

    silicem rostro,

    Liv. 41, 13, 1:

    vasa dolabris,

    Curt. 5, 6, 5:

    femur, pectus, frontem,

    Quint. 2, 12, 10; cf. id. 11, 3, 123 al.:

    verberibus,

    Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 45; so Ter. And. 1, 2, 28:

    pugnis,

    Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, [p. 262] 43:

    aliquem ex occulto,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 17:

    at validis socios caedebant dentibus apri,

    they fell with their strong tusks upon their own party, Lucr. 5, 1325; cf. Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 71:

    virgis ad necem caedi,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69; Hor. S. 1, 2, 42:

    populum saxis,

    id. ib. 2, 3, 128:

    ferulā aliquem,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 120:

    flagris,

    Quint. 6, 3, 25:

    aliquem loris,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 8, 24; Suet. Ner. 26; 49; id. Dom. 8:

    caeduntur (agrestes) inter potentium inimicitias,

    Sall. H. Fragm. 3, 61, 27 Dietsch:

    nudatos virgis,

    Liv. 2, 5, 8:

    hastilibus caedentes terga trepidantium,

    id. 35, 5, 10:

    servum sub furcā caesum medio egerat circo, i.e. ita ut simul caederet,

    id. 2, 36, 1.—
    b.
    Prov.:

    stimulos pugnis caedere,

    to kick against the pricks, to aggravate a danger by foolish resistance, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 55.—
    c.
    Trop.:

    in judicio testibus caeditur,

    is pressed, hard pushed, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 3.—
    B.
    Pregn.
    1.
    (Cf. cado, I. B. 2.) To strike mortally, to kill, murder:

    ille dies, quo Ti. Gracchus est caesus,

    Cic. Mil. 5, 14:

    P. Africanus de Tiberio Graccho responderat jure caesum videri,

    id. de Or. 2, 25, 106; id. Off. 2, 12, 43:

    caeso Argo,

    Ov. M. 2, 533; 5, 148; 12, 113; 12, 590; 12, 603; Suet. Caes. 76 al. — Poet., transf. to the blood shed in slaying:

    caeso sparsuros sanguine flammam,

    Verg. A. 11, 82.—Esp. freq.,
    b.
    In milit. lang., to slay a single enemy; or, when a hostile army as a whole is spoken of, to conquer with great slaughter, to cut to pieces, vanquish, destroy (cf. Oud., Wolf, and Baumg.Crus. upon Suet. Vesp. 4):

    exercitus caesus fususque,

    Cic. Phil. 14, 1, 1:

    Romani insecuti (hostem), caedentes spoliantesque caesos, castra regia diripiunt,

    Liv. 32, 12, 10; 2, 47, 9:

    infra arcem caesi captique multi mortales,

    id. 4, 61, 6; 22, 7, 2 and 9; Quint. 12, 10, 24; Suet. Aug. 21; 23; id. Vesp. 4:

    Indos,

    Curt. 9, 5, 19:

    passim obvios,

    id. 5, 6, 6:

    praesidium,

    id. 4, 5, 17:

    propugnatores reipublicae,

    Quint. 12, 10, 24:

    caesus (hostis) per calles saltusque vagando circumagatur,

    Liv. 44, 36, 10 Kreyss.:

    consulem exercitumque caesum,

    id. 22, 56, 2:

    legio-nes nostras cecidere,

    id. 7, 30, 14; so Nep. Dat. 6, 4; Tac. Agr. 18; Suet. Claud. 1.— And poet., the leader is put for the army:

    Pyrrhum et ingentem cecidit Antiochum Hannibalemque dirum,

    Hor. C. 3, 6, 36.—In poet. hypallage:

    caesi corporum acervi (for caesorum),

    Cat. 64, 359.—
    c.
    To slaughter animals, esp. for offerings, to kill, slay, sacrifice:

    caedit greges armentorum,

    Cic. Phil. 3, 12, 31:

    boves,

    Ov. M. 15, 141:

    deorum mentes caesis hostiis placare,

    Cic. Clu. 68, 194:

    caesis victimis,

    id. Att. 1, 13, 1; Liv. 8, 6, 11; 10, 7, 10; 45, 7, 1; Tac. A. 2, 75; Suet. Caes. 81; id. Calig. 14; id. Ner. 25; id. Oth. 8; id. Galb. 18; id. Claud. 25; Just. 11, 5, 6 al.; Verg. A. 5, 96; Hor. Epod. 2, 59; Ov.M.13, 637; Juv. 6, 48; 6, 447; 8, 156; 12, 3 al.: inter caesa et porrecta; v. porricio.—
    d.
    Hence, since security for a person was anciently given by the deposit of sheep belonging to him, which were slaughtered in case of forfeiture, leg. t. t.: pignus caedere (or concidere), to declare the for feiture of a security, to confiscate a pledge: non tibi illa sunt caedenda, si L. Crassum vis coërcere, Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 4.—
    2.
    In mal. part. ( = concido; cf.:

    jam hoc, caede, concide: nonne vobis verba depromere videtur ad omne genus nequitiae accommodata?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155); Cat. 56, 7; Auct. Priap. 25, 10; Tert. Pall. 4.—
    II.
    Trop.: caedere sermones, a Grecism, acc. to Prisc. 18, p. 1118 P., = koptein ta rhêmata, to chop words, chat, talk, converse, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 1; cf. Non. p. 272, 13, and Prisc. p. 1188 P.:

    oratio caesa,

    i. e. asyndeton, Auct. Her. 4, 19, 26; Aquil. Rom. §§ 18 and 19; Mart. Cap. 5; § 528.—Hence, caesum, i, n.; subst. in gram. synon. with comma, a stop, pause, comma, Mart. Cap. 5, § 527; Aquil. Rom. § 19; Fortun. Art. Rhet. 3, 10.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > caedo

  • 19 accidō

        accidō cidī, —, ere    [ad + cado], to fall upon, fall to, reach by falling: ut tela missa a Gallis gravius acciderent, Cs.: tela ab omni parte accidebant, L.—Of persons, to arrive, come: de inproviso, had come unexpectedly, S.: alqd simulare, quo inprovisus gravior accideret, that his attack might be a surprise, and more formidable, S. — Esp., to fall before, fall at the feet: ad genua accidit Lacrumans, T.: ad pedes omnium.—Of the senses, to strike, reach, come: nihil quod ad oculos animumque acciderit: ad aurīs tuas: unde nec ad nos nomen famaque eius accidere posset, reach, L.: auribus, L.: animo, T.— Absol, to come to the ears, come, be heard, be raised: clamor deinde accidit novus, L.: concitatior accidens clamor ab increscente certamine, L.: ut vox etiam ad hostes accideret (with acc. and inf.), L.—To befit, become, suit (poet.): istuc verbum vere in te accidit, was true of you, T.—Fig., to come to pass, happen, occur, fall out, take place, befall: res eo gravius ferre, quo minus merito accidissent, Cs.: si quid mali accidisset, S.: cum tantum periculi accidisset, Cs.: quae victis acciderent enumeravere, the fate of the conquered, S.: si gravius quid acciderit, if any calamity occur, Cs.: casu accidit ut: sic accidit, uti, etc., thus it happened, that, Cs. — Pleonast. in narrations: accidit ut esset luna plena, Cs.: neque saepe accidit, ut, etc., Cs.—Of what is fortunate or welcome: quid optatius populo R. accidere potuit, quam, etc.? interea aliquid acciderit boni, T.— Esp., si quid cui accidat, or si quid humanitus accidat, if anything should happen to one (euphemist. for die): si quid mihi humanitus accidisset: si quid ei gravius a Caesare accidisset, i. e. if Cœsar should put him to death, Cs.: si quid accidat Romanis, if the Romans are destroyed, Cs.—To end, result, turn out: contra opinionem, disappoint us, Cs.: peius victoribus quam victis accidisse, Cs.
    * * *
    I
    accidere, accidi, - V
    fall upon/down/to/at or near, descend, alight; happen, occur; happen to (DAT)
    II
    accidere, accidi, accisus V TRANS
    cut, cut into/down/up, hack, hew, fell; overthrow, destroy; cut short; weaken

    Latin-English dictionary > accidō

  • 20 dēcīdō

        dēcīdō cīdī, cīsus, ere    [de + caedo], to cut off, cut away: virgam arbori, Ta.: Te decisa dextera quaerit, V.—Prov.: pennas, to clip, H.—Fig., to decide, determine, settle, terminate, put an end to: sine me: pro se: rebus actis atque decisis: decisa negotia, H.: quid iis ad denarium solveretur: de rebus omnibus.— To agree, come to an agreement, adjust, compound, compromise: de totā re cum Roscio: cum accusatore: decidere iactu coepit cum ventis, by throwing overboard (the cargo), Iu.: in iugera singula ternis medimnis.
    * * *
    I
    decidere, decidi, - V INTRANS
    fall/drop/hang/flow down/off/over; sink/drop; fail, fall in ruin; end up; die
    II
    decidere, decidi, decisus V TRANS
    detach, cut off/out/down; fell; cut/notch/carve to delineate; flog thoroughly; make explicit; put an end to, bring to conclusion, settle/decide/agree (on)

    Latin-English dictionary > dēcīdō

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