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ac-cīdo, cīdi, cīsum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to begin to cut or to cut into [cf.: adamo, addubito, etc.); hence, so to cut a thing that it falls, to fell, to cut (as verb. finit. very rare).

Lit.:

accidunt arbores, tantum ut summa species earum stantium relinquatur,

Caes. B. G. 6, 27, 4:

accisa ornus ferro,

Verg. A. 2, 626; cf.:

velut accisis recrescenti stirpibus,

Liv. 26, 41, 22:

accisis crinibus,

cut close, Tac. G. 19: ab locustis genus omne acciditur frugum, eaten up, Arnob. 1, 3.— Poet., to use up:

fames accisis coget dapibus consumere mensas,

Verg. A. 7, 125.—

Fig., to impair, weaken:

ita proelio uno accidit Vestinorum res, ut, etc.,

Liv. 8, 29, 12; so,

post accisas a Camillo Volscorum res,

id. 6, 5, 2; cf. 6, 12, 6.—Hence, accīsus, a, um, P. a., cut off or down; impaired, ruined: accisae res (opp. integrae), troubled, disordered, or unfortunate state of things:

res,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 14, 34; Liv. 3, 10, 8; 8, 11, 12 al.:

copiae,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 31; Liv. 8, 11, 8:

robur juventutis,

id. 7, 29 fin.:

opes,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 114:

accisae desolataeque gentes,

Sil. 8, 590:

reliquiae (hostium),

Tac. A. 1, 61.

ac-cĭdo, cīdi, no sup., 3, v. n. [cado], to fall upon or down upon a thing, to reach it by falling.

Lit.

In gen. constr. with ad, in, local adverbs, with dat. or absol.: utinam ne accidisset abiegna ad terram trabes, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 22 (Trag. p. 281 ed. Vahl., where it is: accĕdisset, acc. to the MSS., v. Vahl. N. v.):

signa de caelo ad terram,

Plaut. Rud. prol. 8; so,

tam crebri ad terram accidebant quam pira,

id. Poen. 2, 38: trabs in humum accidens, Varr. ap. Non. 494 fin.; so,

imago aetheris ex oris in terrarum accidat oras,

Lucr. 4, 215:

rosa in mensas,

Ov. F. 5, 360: quo Castalia per struices saxeas lapsu accidit, Liv. Andr. ap. Fest. p. 310 Müll. (Rib. Trag. Rel. p. 5):

ut missa tela gravius acciderent,

fall upon, hit, Caes. B. G. 3, 14; so Liv. 2, 50, 7.—

Esp.: a. ad genua or genibus, of a suppliant, to fall at one's knees: me orat mulier lacrimansque ad genua accidit, Enn. ap. Non. 517, 15 (Com. v. 9 ed. Vahl.); so Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 18; Suet. Caes. 20; id. Claud. 10;

for which: genibus praetoris,

Liv. 44, 31;

also: ad pedes,

Cic. Att. 1, 14, 5, and absol.: quo accĭdam? quo applicem? Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 114 ed. Vahl., where it is accĕdam).—

Transf., to strike the senses, to reach a thing by means of the senses; constr. with ad, the dat. or acc.: vox, sermo accidit ad aurīs (or auribus; also, aurīs alicujus), the voice, the speech falls upon or reaches the ear: nota vox ad aurīs accidit, Att. ap. Non. 39, 5:

nova res molitur ad aurīs accidere,

Lucr. 2, 1024; and:

nihil tam populare ad populi Romani aurīs accidisse,

Cic. Sest. 50, 107:

auribus,

Liv. 24, 46, 5; Quint. 12, 10, 75:

aurīs,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 31; absol., Liv. 10, 5, 2; 27, 15, 16 sq.; Curt. 4, 4, 5 al.; cf.

also: clamor accidit ad aurīs,

Liv. 26, 40, 10; and absol.:

clamor accidit,

id. 4, 33, 9; 40, 32, 2;

likewise: nomen famaque alicujus accidit ad aliquem,

id. 21, 10, 12; v. Fabri ad h. l.—Hence sometimes in Livy: vox or fama accidit (ad aurīs or ad aliquem), with an acc. c. inf.:

ut vox etiam ad hostes accideret captum Cominium esse,

Liv. 10, 41, 7:

quia repente fama accidit classem Punicam adventare,

the report came, id. 27, 29, 7; v. Weissenb. a. h. l.

Fig.

In gen., to fall out, come to pass, happen, occur; and with dat. pers., to happen to, to befall one. (The distinction between the syn. evenio, accido, and contingo is this: evenio, i. e. ex-venio, is used of either fortunate or unfortunate events: accido, of occurrences which take us by surprise; hence it is used either of an indifferent, or, which is its general use, of an unfortunate occurrence: contingo, i. e. contango, indicates that an event accords with [p. 17] one's wishes; and hence is generally used of fortunate events. As Isid. says, Differ. 1: Contingunt bona: accidunt mala: eveniunt utraque):

res accidit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 14;

Id acciderat, ut Galli consilium caperent,

ib. 3, 2:

si quid adversi acciderit,

Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 121; cf. ib. 1, 26, 57:

nollem accidisset tempus, in quo, etc.,

id. Fam. 3, 10:

si qua calamitas accidisset,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 55: id. Rosc. Am. 34:

contra opinionem accidit,

Caes. B. G. 3, 9:

pejus Sequanis accidit,

ib. 1, 31:

periculum accidit,

ib. 3, 3:

detrimentum accidit,

ib. 7, 52. Also of fortunate occurrences:

omnia tibi accidisse gratissima,

Cic. Fam. 3, 1; 11, 15:

accidit satis opportune,

Caes. B. G. 4, 22; cf. Brem. Nep. Milt. 1, 1; Herz. Caes. B. G. 7, 3.—Constr. with ut (Zumpt, § 621), sometimes with quod:

accidit perincommode, quod eum nusquam vidisti,

Cic. Att. 1, 17; or with inf.:

nec enim acciderat mihi opus esse,

id. Fam. 6, 11. Pleonast. in narrations: accidit ut, it happened, or came to pass, that: accidit ut una nocte omnes Hermae dejicerentur, it happened that, etc., Nep. Alc. 3, 2; so Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 8; id. Att. 1, 5, 4 al.—

In part.

Si quid cui accidat, or si quid humanitus accidat, euphemist. for to die; if any thing should happen to one (for which Ennius says:

si quid me fuerit humanitus, Ann. v. 128 ed. Vahl.): si quid pupillo accidisset,

Cic. Inv. 2, 21; Caes. B. G. 1, 18;

si quid mihi humanitus accidisset,

Cic. Phil. 1, 4; Dig. 34, 4, 30 § 2 al. (cf. the Greek ei ti pathoi); so, per aposiopesin, sive—quod heu timeo, sive superstes eris, Ov. Her. 13, 164. (But Cic. Mil. 22, 58; Caes. B. G. 2, 35, and similar passages, are to be taken in the usual signif.)—

To turn out (this very rare):

timeo “incertum” hoc quorsum accidat,

Ter. And. 1, 5, 29:

si secus acciderit,

Cic. Fam. 6, 21, 2. —

In gram., to belong to:

plurima huic (verbo) accidunt (i. e. genus, tempora),

Quint. 1, 5, 41 al.

inter-cīdo, īdi, īsum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut asunder, cut up, cut to pieces, divide, pierce, cut through.

Lit.:

harundinetum,

to thin out by cutting, Col. 4, 32, 4:

venas,

Plin. 11, 37, 65, § 174:

radices,

id. 18, 19, 49, 2, § 177:

olivas acuto calamo,

Pall. Nov. 22, 3:

lacus, interciso monte, in Nar defluit,

Cic. Att. 4, 15, 5; cf.:

an Isthmos intercidi possit,

Quint. 8, 3, 46:

aedis,

Dig. 9, 2, 49:

flammas ignis,

Vulg. Psa. 28, 7:

pontem,

to cut down, Liv. 36, 6.—

Esp., of accounts, to mutilate, falsify:

commentarios,

Plin. Ep. 6, 22, 4:

rationes dominicas,

Dig. 11, 3, 1, § 5. —

Transf., to part, divide, cut up, mangle, mutilate, destroy:

sententias,

to pervert in reading, Gell. 13, 30, 9:

lux intercisa,

Stat. Th. 2, 184:

jugum mediocri valle a castris intercisum,

separated, Hirt. B. G. 8, 14: dies intercisi, half-holidays: intercisi dies sunt, per quos mane et vesperi est nefas;

medio tempore, inter hostiam caesam et exta porrecta, fas: a quo quod fas tum intercedit: aut eo est intercisum nefas, intercisum,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 31 Müll.; cf. Macr. S. 1, 16; Ov. F. 1, 49. — Hence, intercīsē, adv., piecemeal, interruptedly, confusedly, Cic. Part. Or. 7, 24; Gell. 11, 2, 5:

dictum,

syncopated, id. 15, 3, 4.

inter-cĭdo, ĭdi, 3, v. n. [cado], to fall between.

Lit.:

ita in arto stipatae erant naves ut vix ullum telum in mari vanum intercideret,

Liv. 26, 39; 21, 8; 3, 10, 6.—

Transf.

To occur meanwhile, to happen:

si quae interciderunt, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 3. —

To fall to the ground, go to ruin, be lost, perish: pereant amici, dum una inimici intercidant, Poët. ap. Cic. Deiot. 9, 25:

intercidunt ova,

Plin. 9, 51, 74, § 163:

credo, quia nulla gesta res insignem fecerit consulatum, memoriā intercidisse,

Liv. 2, 8, 5:

utrum pejorem vocas, apud quem gratia beneficii intercidit, an apud quem etiam memoria?

Sen. Ben. 3, 1:

augur erat: nomen longis intercidit annis,

Ov. F. 2, 433:

sive (opera) exstant, sive intercidere,

Plin. 35, 8, 34, § 53:

haec sequenti tempore interciderunt,

Quint. 1, 5, 52:

cum verba intercidant invalescantque temporibus,

fall into disuse, become obsolete, id. 10, 2, 13:

quod si interciderit tibi nunc aliquid (= excidit e memoria),

something escapes you, you have forgotten something, Hor. S. 2, 4, 6.

suc-cĭdo, ĭdi, 3, v. n. [sub-cado], to fall under any thing.

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.—

Pregn., to sink under one ' s self, sink down, sink ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

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.—

Trop.:

mens succidit,

Sen. Ep. 71, 24:

mendax Dardania domus,

id. Agam. 863.

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.

* * *

mēto (no perf.), ātum, 1, v. a., to measure; v. metor fin.

mĕto, messŭi (Cato ap. Prisc. p. 903 P.; Mart. Cap. 3, § 319), messum, 3, v. a. and n. [root ma-; Gr. amaô, mow, reap; amê, sickle; cf. messis, messor], to reap, mow, crop; of the vintage, to gather, gather in, collect; and poet. of the sucking of honey from flowers (class.).

Lit.:

cum est matura seges, metendum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 50, 3:

sunt autem metendi genera complura,

Col. 2, 21, 2:

in metendo occupatos,

Caes. B. G. 4, 32:

pabula falce,

to cut, cut down, Ov. H. 6, 84:

farra,

id. F 2, 519:

arva,

Prop. 4 (5), 10, 30.—Prov.:

ut sementem feceris, ita et metes,

as you sow, so shall you reap, Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 261; cf.:

ventum seminabunt et turbinem metent,

Vulg. Os. 8, 7:

qui seminant iniquitatem metet mala,

id. Prov. 22, 8:

mihi istic nec seritur, nec metitur,

i. e. I have no share in it, it does not concern me, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 80:

sibi quisque ruri metit,

every one looks out for himself, id. Most. 3, 2, 112: Tibi aras, tibi occas, tibi seris;

tibi item metes,

id. Merc. prol. 71.—Of the vintage, to gather, etc.:

postremus metito,

Verg. G. 2, 410; so,

vindemiam,

Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 185.—Of bees: purpureosque metunt flores, reap the flowers, i. e. gather the pollen, Verg. G. 4, 54.—

Transf.

In gen., to cut off, pluck off, crop ( poet.):

virgā lilia summa metit,

Ov. F. 2, 706:

barbam forfice,

Mart. 7, 95, 12:

capillos,

id. 10, 83, 11:

olus,

to cut, gather, Calp. Ecl. 2, 74:

et ferus in silvā farra metebat aper,

laid waste, Ov. Am. 3, 10, 40:

ille metit barbam,

Juv. 3, 186. —

In partic., in battle, to mow down, cut down:

proxima quaeque metit gladio,

Verg. A. 10, 513:

primosque et extremos metendo Stravit humum,

Hor. C. 4, 14, 31 tum Vesulum ense metit rapido, Sil. 10, 147:

agmina plura metam,

Val. Fl. 3, 670.—So of death:

metit Orcus Grandia cum parvis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 178: vita omnibus metenda, ut fruges (transl. of the Greek of Euripid.: anankaiôs d echei bion therizein), Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 25, 59.—

To inhabit a region ( poet.):

qui Batulum Nucrasque metunt,

Sil. 8, 566 (cf. a like poetic transfer of the verbs colere, arare, serere, and bibere).

Mĕto, ōnis, v Meton.

prō-sĕco, cŭi, ctum (old inf. pass. parag. prosecarier, Plaut. Poen. 2, 1, 8), 1, v. a., to cut off from before, cut away or off.

In gen. (post-class.):

prosectis naso prius ac mox auribus,

App. M. 2, p. 128, 11.—

In partic.

In agriculture, to cut up, break up with the plough (post-Aug.):

solum,

Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 10.—

In relig. lang., to cut off the parts to be sacrificed:

vetui exta prosecarier,

Plaut. Poen. 2, 1, 8:

ubi exta prosecta erunt,

Cato, R. R. 134:

hostiae exta,

Liv. 5, 21:

exta prosecuit,

Suet. Aug. 1:

prosecta pectora,

Val. Fl. 3, 439.—

In gen., to sacrifice (eccl. Lat.):

Aesculapio gallinaceum,

Tert. Apol. 46.—Hence, prō-sectum, i, n., that which is cut off for sacrifice, the entrails, Varr. L. L. 5, § 110 Müll.; in plur., Ov. M. 12, 152; id. F. 6, 163; Stat. Th. 5, 641; Licin. Macer. ap. Non. 220, 20.—Collat. form prōsecta, ae, f., Lucil. ap. Non. 220, 22 dub. (al. prosicies).

rĕcĭdo, reccidi (better than recidi; cf. Cic. Rep. 2, 8, 14), cāsum (recasurus, Cic. Att. 4, 16, 12; Suet. Aug. 96; Gai. Inst. 1, 127), 3 (with e long, Lucr. 1, 857; 1063; 5, 280; Prop. 4 (5), 8, 44; Ov. M. 6, 212; 10, 18; 180; id. R. Am. 611; Juv. 12, 54; Phaedr. 3, 18, 15 al.;

prob., also,

Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 54, and Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 39; v. the art. re), v. n., to fall back (class., and very freq., esp. in the trop. signif.; but not found in Virg. or Hor.).

Lit.: neque posse e terris in loca caeli Recidere inferiora, Lucr. 1, 1063:

quia et recidant omnia in terras et oriantur e terris,

Cic. N. D. 2, 26, 66:

ramulum adductum, ut remissus esset, in oculum suum reccidisse,

had sprung back, recoiled, id. Div. 1, 54, 123:

quem (discum) libratum in auras Misit... Recidit in solidam longo post tempore terram Pondus,

Ov. M. 10, 180:

etiam si recta recciderat (navis),

Liv. 24, 34; Prop. 4 (5), 8, 44 et saep.:

in collum Benjamin,

Vulg. Gen. 45, 14.— Absol.:

amictum recidentem,

Quint. 11, 3, 162.—

Trop., to fall back, return:

in graviorem morbum recidere,

to relapse, Liv. 24, 29;

so alone: ab his me remediis noli in istam turbam vocare, ne recidam,

Cic. Att. 12, 21, 5; cf.:

(quartanae) ne recidant,

Plin. 28, 16, 66, § 228:

post interitum Tatii cum ad eum (sc. Romulum) potentatus omnis reccidisset,

Cic. Rep. 2, 8, 14:

praestat in eandem illam recidere fortunam,

id. Sest. 69, 146; cf.:

Syracusae in antiquam servitutem recciderunt,

Liv. 24, 32 fin.:

quippe celebratam Macedonum fortitudinem ad ludibrium reccidisse verebatur,

Curt. 9, 7, 23:

in invidiam,

Nep. Alcib. 7, 1.—So freq. of an evil, to fall back, recoil upon any one, esp. upon the author of it: omnes in te istaec recident contumeliae, * Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 54:

ut hujus amentiae poena in ipsum familiamque ejus recidat,

Cic. Phil. 4, 4, 10:

suspicionem in vosmet ipsos recidere,

id. Rosc. Am. 29, 79: hunc casum ad ipsos recidere posse demonstrant, * Caes. B. G. 7, 1:

quae in adversarios recidunt,

Quint. 9, 2, 49:

quod in ipsam recidat,

Ov. M. 6, 212:

consilia in ipsorum caput recidentia,

Liv. 36, 29; cf. Curt. 9, 5, 25:

periculosa et adversa cuncta in illos recasura,

Suet. Aug. 96:

in me haec omnia mala recciderunt,

Vulg. Gen. 42, 36. —

(With the idea of cadere predominating.) To fall somewhere, to light upon, happen, occur, = redigi; constr. with ad, in, or an adv. of direction.

With ad:

ex laetitiā et voluptate ad ludum et lacrimas,

Cic. Sull. 32, 91: ex liberatore patriae ad Aquilios se Vitelliosque reccidisse, had sunk to a level with the Aquilii and Vitellii, i. e. had come to be regarded as a traitor, Liv. 2, 7: sinere artem musicam Recidere ad paucos, to fall into the possession of a few, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 39:

tantum apparatum ad nihilum recidere,

to come to naught, Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 27:

ad nilum,

Lucr. 1, 857; Cic. Or. 70, 233:

ad nihil,

id. Att. 4, 16, 12.—

With in, Lucr. 5, 280:

quae (tela), si viginti quiessem dies, in aliorum vigiliam consulum reccidissent,

Cic. Planc. 37, 90; cf. id. Att. 1, 1, 2; id. Phil. 13, 9, 19:

rex ut in eam fortunam recideret,

Liv. 44, 31 fin.:

omnis impensa in cassum recidat,

Col. 4, 3, 5:

mundi, In quem reccidimus, quidquid mortale creamur,

Ov. M. 10, 18.—

With an adv. of direction:

huccine tandem omnia recciderunt, ut civis Romanus... in foro virgis caederetur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 63, § 163:

eo regiae majestatis imperium,

Liv. 4, 2:

eo res,

Quint. 2, 10, 3:

illuc, ut, etc.,

Juv. 12, 54:

ex quantis opibus quo reccidissent Carthaginiensium res,

Liv. 30, 42:

pleraque, quo debuerint, reccidisse,

id. 25, 31; cf. id. 4, 2:

quorsum responsum recidat,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 15, 43.

rĕ-cīdo, di, sum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut away, cut down, cut off (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.:

vepres,

Cato, R. R. 2, 4; cf.:

malleolos ad imum articulum,

Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 160:

sceptrum imo de stirpe,

Verg. A. 12, 208;

for which: laurum imā stirpe,

Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 76 (cf. II.):

ceras inanes,

empty cells, Verg. G. 4, 241:

hirsutam barbam falce,

Ov. M. 13, 766:

caput,

id. ib. 9, 71:

immedicabile vulnus Ense recidendum est,

id. ib. 1, 191:

pollicem alicui,

Quint. 8, 5, 12:

comas,

Mart. 1, 32, 4; cf.

capillos,

Plin. Ep. 7, 27 fin.:

ungues,

Plin. 10, 35, 52, § 106:

columnas,

to hew out, Hor. C. 2, 18, 4:

fustes,

id. ib. 3, 6, 40:

ancile ab omni parte recisum,

Ov. F. 3, 377:

mella,

i. e. to take out, Pall. Jun. 7, 2.—

Of persons: cuncti simul ense recisi,

cut down, Luc. 2, 194.— Poet.:

fulgorem sideribus,

to rob the stars of their brightness, Stat. Th. 12, 310:

gramina morsu,

to devour, Calp. Ecl. 2, 45.—

Trop. (borrowed from agriculture), to lop off, cut short, retrench, abridge, diminish:

perquam multa recidam ex orationibus Ciceronis,

Quint. 12, 10, 52; cf. id. 12, 10, 55:

inanem loquacitatem,

id. 10, 5, 22: ambitiosa [p. 1532] ornamenta, Hor. A. P. 447:

omne quod ultra Perfectum traheretur,

id. S. 1, 10, 69: nationes partim recisas, partim repressas, * Cic. Prov. Cons. 12, 31:

mercedes scaenicorum,

Suet. Tib. 34 init.:

armaturas mirmillonum,

to lessen, id. Calig. 55:

ornandi potestatem,

Quint. 2, 16, 4:

facultatem aliter acquirendi,

id. 12, 7, 10:

impedimenta,

to diminish, obviate, Front. Strat. 4, 1, 7; cf.

occupationes,

Sen. Q. N. 3 praef.:

culpam supplicio,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 34; cf.:

cum magnis parva mineris Falce recisurum simili te,

id. S. 1, 3, 123: vitia a stirpe, Claud. ap. Ruf. 1, 56; and:

aliquid priscum ad morem,

i. e. to reduce within the limits of ancient manners, Tac. A. 3, 53.—Hence, rĕcīsus, a, um, P.a., shortened, abridged; short, brief:

opus,

Vell. 2, 89, 1:

ea recisa in unum librum coartasse,

Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 8.— Comp.:

tempus recisius (opp. longius),

Dig. 47, 21, 2.— Sup. and adv. do not occur.

rē-scindo, scĭdi, scissum, 3, v. a., to cut off, cut loose, cut or break down; to cut or tear open (freq. and class.).

Lit.:

pontem,

i. e. to break down, Caes. B. G. 1, 7; 4, 19 fin.; 6, 29; 7, 35; 7, 58 fin.; Nep. Milt. 3, 4; Liv. 2, 10; Flor. 3, 10, 3:

vallum ac loricam falcibus,

Caes. B. G. 7, 86 fin.: pluteos, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 95, 22:

cameras tectorum,

Front. Strat. 3, 4, 6:

tecta domusque in usum novae classis,

Flor. 2, 15, 10:

caelum,

Verg. G. 1, 280; id. A. 6, 583:

tenuem vestem e membris,

Tib. 1, 10, 61:

vestes,

Claud. B. Gild. 136:

decreta,

Suet. Calig. 3:

ense teli latebram penitus,

to cut open, Verg. A. 12, 390:

vulnera,

Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 63; Flor. 3, 23, 4; Plin. Ep. 7, 19, 9:

pectora ferro,

Stat. Th. 11, 507:

rescisso palato,

Luc. 4, 328:

plagam,

Flor. 4, 2, 72:

venam,

to open, Col. 6, 30, 5; 7, 10, 2; and poet.:

obductos annis luctus,

Ov. M. 12, 543:

an male sarta Gratia nequidquam coit et rescinditur?

Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 32;

imitated by Petronius: ne inter initia coëuntis gratiae recentem cicatricem rescinderet,

Petr. 113, 8.—

Meton., to open:

vias,

Lucr. 2,406:

locum praesidiis firmatum atque omni ratione obvallatum,

Cic. Agr. 2, 1, 3:

ferro summum Ulceris os,

Verg. G. 3, 453; Col. 7, 5, 10; cf.:

latentia vitia (corresp. to aperire),

Quint. 9, 2, 93.—

Trop., to annul, abolish, abrogate, repeal, rescind a law, decree, agreement, etc.:

mihi non videtur, quod sit factum legibus, Rescindi posse,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 16:

acta M. Antonii rescidistis, leges refixistis,

Cic. Phil. 13, 3, 5; so,

acta,

id. ib. 2, 42, 109; 13, 3, 5; Liv. 26, 31; Suet. Caes. 82; id. Claud. 11; Flor. 3, 23, 2:

acta deūm,

Ov. M. 14, 784:

jussa Jovis,

id. ib. 2, 678:

constitutiones senatūs,

Suet. Tib. 33:

concilia habita,

Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 31:

totam triennii praeturam,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 57, § 140:

rescindere et irritas facere omnes istius injurias,

id. ib. 2, 2, 26, §

63: res judicatas,

id. Sull. 22, 63; cf.

judicium,

id. Planc. 4, 10:

judicia,

Suet. Claud. 29:

ambitiosas Centumvir. sententias,

id. Dom. 8:

pactiones,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 5, 10:

testamenta mortuorum,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 43, § 111; Quint. 5, 2, 1; Suet. Calig. 38:

foedus turpe,

Vell. 2, 90, 3.— Poet.:

aevi leges validas,

Lucr. 5, 58:

beneficium suum insequenti injuriā,

Sen. Ben. 3, 13:

verbum Dei,

Vulg. Marc. 7, 13.

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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.