abscído

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to cut off, to separate, take away.

abs-cīdo, cīdi, cīsum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut off with a sharp instrument (diff. from ab-scindo, to break or tear off as with the hand); the former corresponds to praecidere, the latter to avellere, v. Liv. 31, 34, 4 Drak.

Lit.:

caput,

Cic. Phil. 11, 2, 5; Liv. 4, 19; Verg. A. 12, 511 al.; so,

membra,

Lucr. 3, 642:

bracchium,

Liv. 4, 28, 8:

collum,

Sil. 15, 473:

dextram,

Suet. Caes. 68:

linguam,

Plaut. Am. 2, 1, 7; Suet. Calig. 27 al.:

comas alicui,

Luc. 6, 568:

truncos arborum et ramos,

Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 2.—

Trop., to cut off, deprive of; to detract:

spem (alicui),

Liv. 4, 10, 4; 24, 30, 12; 35, 45, 6:

orationem alicui,

id. 45, 37, 9:

omnium rerum respectum sibi,

id. 9, 23, 12:

omnia praesidia,

Tac. H. 3, 78:

vocem,

Vell. 2, 66; cf. Quint. 8, 3, 85.— Absol.:

quarum (orationum) alteram non libebat mihi scribere, quia abscideram,

had broken off, Cic. Att. 2, 7.—Hence, abscīsus, a, um, P. a., cut off.

Of places, steep, precipitous (cf. abruptus):

saxum undique abscisum,

Liv. 32, 4, 5; so id. 32, 25, 36:

rupes,

id. 32, 5, 12.—

Of speech, abrupt, concise, short:

in voce aut omnino suppressā, aut etiam abscisā,

Quint. 8, 3, 85; 9, 4, 118 Halm (al. abscissa):

asperum et abscisum castigationis genus,

Val. Max. 2, 7, 14:

responsum,

id. 3, 8, 3:

sententia,

id. 6, 3, 10; cf. in comp.:

praefractior atque abscisior justitia,

id. 6, 5, ext. 4.— Sup. prob. not used.— Adv.: abscīsē, cut off; hence, of speech, concisely, shortly, distinctly, Val. Max. 3, 7, ext. 6; Dig. 50, 6, 5, § 2.

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dē-cĭdo, cĭdi, 3, v. n. [cado], to fall off, fall down (class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

decido de lecto praeceps,

Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 48; so,

anguis decidit de tegulis,

Ter. Ph. 4, 4, 26:

poma ex arboribus decidunt,

Cic. de Sen. 19 fin.; cf.:

e flore guttae,

Ov. M. 9, 345:

equo,

Caes. B. G. 1, 48, 6;

for which ex equo (in terram),

Nep. Eum. 4;

and ab equo (in arva),

Ov. Ib. 259:

summo toro,

id. F. 2, 350:

arbore glandes,

id. M. 1, 106:

caelo,

Plin. 37, 10, 59, § 164; so,

caelo,

id. 2, 52, 53, § 138:

in terras imber,

Lucr. 6, 497; so,

imber,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 29:

celsae turres graviore casu,

id. Od. 2, 10, 11:

comae,

id. ib. 4, 10, 3 et saep.:

montium decidentium moles,

Plin. Ep. 8, 17, 3:

(volucris) decidit in terram,

Ov. M. 12, 569;

so in terras sidus,

id. ib. 14, 847:

in puteum foveamve auceps,

Hor. A. P. 458:

in lacum fulmen,

Suet. Galb. 8:

in dolia serpens,

Juv. 6, 432:

in casses praeda,

Ov. A. A. 2, 2:

in laqueos suos auceps,

id. Rem. Am. 502:

in turbam praedonum hic fugiens,

Hor. S. 1, 2, 42:

in praeceps,

Ov. M. 12, 339:

ad pedes tunica,

Suet. Aug. 94. —

Pregn. (like cado and concido), to fall down dead, to sink down, to die (in class. Lat. only poet.):

morbo decidunt,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 143:

nos ubi decidimus, Quo pater Aeneas,

Hor. Od. 4, 7, 14:

scriptor abhinc annos centum qui decidit,

id. Ep. 2, 1, 36:

decidit exanimis vitamque reliquit in astris,

Verg. A. 5, 517; cf. Stat. Th. 8, 125; and id. ib. 9, 755: (nupta) Decidit;

in talum serpentis dente recepto,

Ov. M. 10, 10.

Trop., to fall, drop, fall away, fail, sink:

quanta de spe decidi!

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 9;

for which quanta spe decidi!

id. ib. 4, 8, 11; Suet. Oth. 5;

and a spe societatis Prusiae,

Liv. 37, 26:

ex astris,

Cic. Att. 2, 21, 4 (cf.: astrum, no. II. B. fin.):

ego ab archetypo labor et decido,

Plin. Ep. 5, 10, 1:

eo decidit ut exsul de senatore fieret,

has fallen so low, id. ib. 4, 11, 1: oculis captus in hanc fraudem decidisti (cf. katapiptein), Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 101:

ad eas rei familiaris angustias decidit, ut, etc.,

Suet. Claud. 9 fin.; cf.:

huc decidisse cuncta, ut, etc.,

Tac. A. 3, 59:

ficta omnia celeriter tamquam flosculi decidunt,

perish, Cic. Off. 2, 12 fin.:

non virtute hostium sed amicorum perfidia decidi,

am fallen, defeated, Nep. Eum. 11 fin.:

an toto pectore deciderim,

wholly banished from her affections, Tib. 3, 1, 20 (cf. ek thumou peseein, Hom. Il. 23, 595):

qui huc deciderunt,

into this illness, Cels. 3, 21 fin.:

in hydropa,

id. ib. med.: in maximis necessitatibus, ad quas libidine deciderat, Schol. Juv. 5, 3.

dē-cīdo, cīdi, cīsum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut off.

Lit. (rare in ante-Aug. per.; more freq. abscīdo;

not in Caes.): taleas oleaginas tripedaneas,

Cato R. R. 45:

collum,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 37:

aures,

Tac. A. 12, 14:

virgam arbori,

id. G. 10:

caput,

Curt. 7, 2;

prov.: pennas,

to clip the wings, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 50:

malleolum,

Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 162:

filicem nascentem falce,

Col. 2, 2, 13; Sil. 4, 389 et saep.—

Transf., to cudgel, beat soundly:

aliquem verberibus decidere,

Dig. 47, 21, 2.

Trop., to decide a disputed, or, indeed, any matter (qs. to cut the knot; cf.:

dirimo and secare lites, res,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 42; id. Sat. 1, 10, 15); to determine, settle, terminate, put an end to (class., most freq. in judic. lang.; cf.: transigo, paciscor).

With acc.: damnum, XII. Tab. 12, 4; Gai. Inst. 4, 37; 4, 45:

quibus rebus actis atque decisis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 45 fin.; cf.:

decisa negotia,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 59:

res transactione decisa,

Dig. 5, 2, 29;

and jam decisa quaestio,

ib. 18, 3, 4:

decidis statuisque tu, quid iis ad denarium solveretur,

Cic. Quint. 4, 17; id. Rosc. Com. 11, 32; Dig. 47, 2, 63; cf. ib. 9, 4, 22, § 4:

hoc loco praeter nomen cetera propriis decisa sunt verbis,

i. e. decidedly, clearly expressed, Quint. 8, 6, 47: ego pol istam jam aliquovorsum tragulam decidero, I will now dispose of this dart one way or another, i. e. I will now put an end to this attack, these tricks, Plaut. Casin. 2, 4, 18.—

With praepp.:

cum aliquo,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § [p. 520] 79; 2, 1, 48, § 125; id. Rosc. Am. 39, 114; Plin. 7, 40, 41, § 130:

non erit uncia tota, decidat tecum qua pater ipse deum,

for which Jupiter may compound with you, Mart. 9, 4, 6; cf.:

cum patrono pecuniā,

Dig. 12, 6, 26, § 12:

de rebus,

Cic. Quint. 5, 19; id. Rosc. Com. 12, 35 sq.; id. Att. 1, 8; Just. 31, 7: decidere jactu coepit cum ventis, to compound with the winds by throwing overboard (the cargo), Juv. 12, 33.—

Absol.:

in jugera singula ternis medimnis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 48; id. Rosc. Com. 36; Aur. Vict. de Vir. Ill. 56, 4.—

To cut down, reduce, diminish:

ad tertiam partem vectigal,

Lampr. Alex. Sev. 38.