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  • 1 concido

    1.
    con-cĭdo, cĭdi, 3, v. n. [cado], to fall together, to fall down, to tumble to the ground (class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    In gen., of buildings:

    conclave illud concidit,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 353:

    navis veluti terrestre machinamentum,

    Tac. A. 14, 6:

    turris terrae motu,

    Suet. Tib. 74; cf.:

    urbs acerbissimo concidat incendio conflagrata,

    Auct. Her. 4, 8, 12.—Of other objects:

    omne caelum,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 25, 27:

    ipse et equus ejus ante signum Jovis concidit,

    id. Div. 1, 35, 77:

    (alces) infirmas arbores pondere adfligunt atque unā ipsae concidunt,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 27:

    pinus bipenni Thessalā,

    Phaedr. 4, 7, 7:

    ad terram pondere vasto,

    Verg. A. 5, 448:

    sub onere,

    Liv. 24, 8, 17:

    pronus in fimo,

    Verg. A. 5, 333 al. —
    II.
    Pregn.
    A.
    To fall down faint or lifeless, to fall in battle or combat (cf. cado, I. B. 2.): concidit, et sonitum simul insuper arma dederunt, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 396 Vahl.):

    paene in cursu concidi,

    Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 16:

    vi morbi coactus concidere,

    Lucr. 3, 488; cf.:

    accesserat ad religionem, quod consul concidit, et parte membrorum captus, etc.,

    Liv. 41, 16, 3; 10, 29, 7; cf. Lucr. 6, 759:

    Entellus concidit, ut quondam cava concidit... pinus,

    Verg. A. 5, 448; Ov. M. 7, 538:

    sanus bibit, statim concidit,

    Quint. 4, 2, 54; cf.:

    concidere epoto poculo,

    id. 5, 13, 15; and:

    ad primum gustum,

    Suet. Ner. 33:

    deficientibus viribus,

    id. Tib. 73:

    par quoddam (gladiatorum) mutuis ictibus,

    id. Claud. 34; cf. Ov. M. 5, 77:

    Dido usa manu,

    id. H. 7, 196:

    sparo percussus,

    Nep. Epam. 9, 1:

    in proelio,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 37, 89:

    vitio adversariorum,

    Nep. Ages. 5, 2.—Of game:

    multaeque per herbas Conciderant illo percutiente ferae,

    Ov. H. 4, 94.—Of victims, to be slaughtered or slain, to fall:

    vitulus... propter mactatus concidit aras,

    Lucr. 2, 353; Tib. 1, 2, 62; Ov. M. 8, 764; 10, 272;

    hence also of Iphigenia,

    Lucr. 1, 99.—
    B.
    Trop. (cf. cado, II.), to lose strength, value, etc., to fall to the earth, to be overthrown, to fail, be defeated, to decay, perish, fall, to go to ruin, waste away, cease; of the wind, to fall, subside, go down:

    concidunt venti,

    Hor. C. 1, 12, 30; Lucr. 4, 509. —Of a flame:

    jam illa flamma, quae magnā congerie convaluerat, diductis quibus alebatur, concidet,

    Quint. 5, 13, 13; cf. in a figure: nonne, ut ignis in aquam conjectus continuo restinguitur et refrigeratur, sic refervens falsum crimen in purissimam et castissimam vitam collatum statim concidit et restinguitur? Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 17:

    macie,

    to shrink together, shrivel up, Ov. H. 21, 215:

    illas assumere robora gentes, Concidere has,

    id. M. 15, 422; cf.:

    concidit auguris Argivi domus,

    Hor. C. 3, 16, 11:

    quā concidit Ilia tellus,

    Verg. A. 11, 245:

    eodem anno, quo Carthago concidit,

    Vell. 1, 13:

    judicum vocibus fractus reus et unā patroni omnes conciderunt,

    Cic. Att. 1, 16, 5; cf. id. ib. §

    10: ecquis umquam tam ex amplo statu concidit?

    id. ib. 3, 10, 2:

    malas causas semper obtinuit, in optimā concidit,

    id. ib. 7, 25 med.:

    concidit (Phocion) maxime uno crimine, quod, etc.,

    Nep. Phoc. 2, 4; Tac. A. 16, 21; cf.:

    Tiberii saevitiā,

    id. ib. 16, 29:

    hostes concidunt animis,

    are disheartened, Hirt. B. G. 8, 19; cf. Cic. Div. 2, 58, 119:

    scimus Romae solutione impeditā fidem concidisse,

    failed, was prostrated, id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19; cf. id. ib. 7, 19 fin.:

    opes Persarum,

    Tac. A. 12, 13:

    senatūs auctoritas,

    Cic. Att. 1, 16, 7; cf.:

    imperii majestas,

    Nep. Pelop. 2, 4; Cic. Or. 43, 148:

    artificia,

    id. Ac. 2, 47, 146:

    praeclara nomina artificum,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 12:

    omnis ferocia,

    Liv. 28, 26, 14:

    bellum,

    Tac. H. 2, 57 al.
    2.
    con-cīdo, cīdi, cīsum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut up, cut through, cut away, cut to pieces, to bring to ruin, destroy, etc. (class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    Prop.
    A.
    In gen.:

    nervos,

    Cic. Fl. 30, 73:

    corpus in partes,

    Petr. 141, 2:

    vitulum Ajax,

    id. 59 fin.:

    ligna,

    Ov. F. 2, 647:

    agrum umidiorem fossis,

    Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 47:

    concidere et cremare naves,

    to break up, Liv. 38, 39, 2:

    essedum argenteum,

    Suet. Claud. 16:

    haec minute,

    Col. 12, 22.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To cut to pieces, for to beat severely, cudgel soundly:

    aliquem virgis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 122:

    loris,

    Juv. 6, 413:

    pugnis,

    id. 3, 300.—
    2.
    To cut to pieces in war, to cut down, destroy, kill:

    hi novissimos adorti magnam multitudinem eorum fugientium conciderunt,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 11:

    eos inopinantes adgressus magnam partem eorum concidit,

    id. ib. 1, 12; so Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9; id. Att. 5, 16, 4; Nep. Dion, 10, 1; id. Dat. 6, 6; id. Hann. 3, 4.—
    3.
    In mal. part. (cf. caedo, I. B. 3.), to lie with, Pompon. ap. Non. p. 166, 2;

    hence caede, concide, in a double sense as an address to gladiators,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155 Zumpt; cf. Lampr. Elag. 10. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of discourse, to divide minutely, dismember, render feeble:

    nec minutos numeros sequens concidat delumbetque sententias,

    Cic. Or. 69, 231; cf.:

    (sunt qui) infringendis concidendisque numeris in quoddam genus abjectum incidant,

    id. ib. 69, 230; so also Quint. praef. § 24; cf. id. 3, 11, 21; 5, 10, 91; 11, 3, 53 al.—
    B.
    To strike down, to prostrate, ruin, destroy, annul, by word or deed:

    omnem auctoritatem universi ordinis,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 4:

    Antonium decretis vestris,

    id. Phil. 5, 11, 28:

    Vatinium arbitratu nostro,

    to annihilate, id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 1; cf.:

    Sevius adlisus est, ceteri conciduntur,

    are condemned, id. ib. 2, 4, 6:

    Timocraten totis voluminibus,

    to confute, id. N. D. 1, 33, 93:

    testamentum,

    to revoke, Dig. 28, 4, 1.—
    * 2.
    In Plaut., to deceive, cheat, defraud:

    em istic homo te articulatim concidit,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 52 Ritschl.—Hence, concīsus, a, um, P. a. (in acc. with II. A.), divided, broken up, short, concise:

    sententiae,

    Cic. Brut. 17, 66:

    concisae et angustae disputationes,

    id. de Or. 2, 14, 61:

    brevitas,

    id. ib. 3, 53, 202:

    brevia illa atque concisa,

    Quint. 10, 7, 10; cf.

    thus with brevis,

    id. 6, 4, 2; and (opp. perpetuus) id. 2, 20, 7; 2, 21, 13; Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 327.— Transf. of the orator Thrasymachus, Cic. Or. 13, 40.— Comp.:

    insonuerit vox tubae longior atque concisior,

    Vulg. Jos. 6, 5.— Adv.: concīsē, briefly, concisely:

    (philosophia) non tam est minute atque concise in actionibus utendum, etc.,

    Quint. 12, 2, 11:

    ululare,

    Vulg. Num. 10, 7.

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  • 2 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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  • 3 concīdō

        concīdō cīdī, cīsus, ere    [com- + caedo], to cut up, cut through, cut to pieces, ruin, destroy: nervos: navīs, L.: magnos scrobibus montīs, to break up mounds, V. — In battle, to cut to pieces, cut down, destroy, kill: multitudinem eorum, Cs.: ab insciis conciduntur, N.—To cut up, beat severely, cudgel soundly: virgis plebem: pugnis, Iu.: concisus plurimis volneribus.—Fig., of discourse, to divide minutely, make fragmentary: sententias. —To strike down, prostrate, ruin, destroy, annul: auctoritatem ordinis: Antonium decretis: Timocraten totis voluminibus, to confute.
    * * *
    I
    concidere, concidi, - V INTRANS
    fall down/faint/dead/victim/to earth/short, collapse; drop, subside; decline; perish, be slain/sacrificed; lose one's case, fail, give out/lose heart, decay
    II
    concidere, concidi, concisus V TRANS
    cut/chop up/down/to pieces; crop; ruin, kill, destroy; divide minutely; beat

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  • 4 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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  • 5 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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  • 6 meto

    1.
    mēto (no perf.), ātum, 1, v. a., to measure; v. metor fin.
    2.
    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.).
    I.
    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.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    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. —
    2.
    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.—
    B.
    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).
    3.
    Mĕto, ōnis, v Meton.

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  • 7 obcido

    1.
    occīdo ( obc-), cīdi, cīsum, 3 (occisit for occiderit, Lex Num. Pompil. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. occisum. pp. 178 and 179; also Lex XII. Tab. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4), v. a. [ob-caedo], to strike down, strike to the ground; to beat, smash, crush.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. (very rare):

    aliquem pugnis,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 20:

    occare id est comminuere, ne sit glaeba: quod ita occidunt, occare dictum,

    to crush, Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 1:

    occisum ad mortem,

    wounded to death, Vulg. Apoc. 13, 3.—
    B.
    In partic., to strike or cut down; to cut off, kill, slay (class. and very freq.; syn.: interficio, trucido, obtrunco): summus ibi capitur meddix: occiditur alter, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll. (Ann. v. 296 Vahl.):

    L. Virginius filiam suā manu occidit,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 66:

    ejus copias,

    id. Phil. 14, 14, 36:

    ipse pro castris fortissime pugnans occiditur,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 36: occidione occidere, to completely cut off, destroy; v. occidio:

    ad unum omnes,

    to cut off all to the last man, Liv. 3, 23:

    aliquem veneno,

    to destroy with poison, Suet. Claud. 44; Just. 3, 2, 1:

    occisus videtur non tantum qui per vim aut per caedem interfectus est, velut jugulatus... sed et is qui veneno Necatus dicitur,

    Paul. Sent. 3, 5, 2 sqq.; cf.:

    et occidet eum lingua viperae,

    Vulg. Job, 20, 16:

    occisa sunt in terrae motu,

    id. Apoc. 11, 13:

    dedistine ei gladium qui se occideret?

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 92: cum ipse se conaretur occidere, Cic. ap. Quint. 5, 10, 69; so,

    se occidere,

    Curt. 6, 10, 18; Quint. 7, 3, 7; Suet. Vit. 10; Eutr. 1, 8; 6, 24; Lact. 3, 18, 8; cf.:

    occidit, adversariumne? immo vero aiunt se et eum, quem defendit,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 74, 302.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    To plague to death; to torture, torment, pester (cf. exanimo, II. B.; very rare;

    not in Cic. or Cæs.): occidis me, cum istuc rogitas,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 21:

    aliā occidis fabulā,

    id. Men. 5, 5, 23:

    occidis saepe rogando,

    Hor. Epod. 14, 5:

    legendo,

    id. A. P. 475.—
    B.
    To ruin, undo:

    occidisti me tuis fallaciis,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 67.—Hence, oc-cīsus, a, um, P. a., ruined, lost, unfortunate, undone (Plautin.):

    occisa est haec res, nisi, etc.,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 7.— Sup.:

    occisissimus sum omnium, qui vivunt,

    I am the most unfortunate, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 53.
    2.
    occĭdo, cĭdi, cāsum, 3, v. n. [obcado], to fall down, fall.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. (rare):

    et alia Signa de caelo ad terram occidunt,

    Plaut. Rud. prol. 8: ut alii [p. 1251] super alios occiderent, Liv. 21, 35:

    arbores ita inciderant, ut momento levi impulsae occiderent,

    id. 23, 24.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Of the heavenly bodies, to go down, set (class.): prope jam occidente sole, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24:

    soles occidere, et redire possunt: Nobis, cum semel occidit brevis lux, Nox est perpetua una dormienda,

    Cat. 5, 4:

    Capra, Aquila, Canicula,

    Col. 11, 2, 94:

    occasura pars caeli,

    i. e. western, Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 92: SOL OCCASVS SVPREMA TEMPESTAS ESTO, i. e. sundown, sunset, Lex XII. Tab.; cf. Gell. 17, 2, 10 (Varr. L. L. 6, § 5 Müll., gives, instead of it, OCCASVS SOLIS; v. 2. occasus); so,

    ante solem obcasum,

    before sunset, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 41:

    donec lux occidat,

    Juv. 13, 158.—Fig.:

    non occidet ultra sol tuus,

    Vulg. Isa. 60, 20.—
    2.
    Pregn., to fall, perish, die (class.;

    syn.: obeo, pereo, intereo): exstincto calore, occidimus ipsi et extinguimur,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 23:

    in bello,

    id. Fam. 9, 5, 2:

    Eudemus proelians ad Syracusas occidit,

    id. Div. 1, 25, 53:

    sperans hostium saevitiā facile eum occasurum,

    Sall. J. 7, 2:

    occiderit ferro Priamus?

    Verg. A. 2, 581: dextrā suā, to die by one's own hand (by suicide), id. ib. 12, 659:

    minimo vulnere,

    Ov. M. 6, 265.—
    II.
    Transf., to perish, be ruined, lost, etc.
    A.
    Of persons:

    sin plane occidimus,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 4.—So, esp., occidi, an exclamation of despair, I am lost, undone, Plaut. Stich. 2, 3, 75; Ter. And. 3, 4, 26:

    nulla sum, nulla sum: tota tota occidi,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 1:

    occidimus funditus,

    Verg. A. 11, 413.—
    B.
    Of things:

    non hercle occiderunt mihi etiam fundique atque aedes,

    I have not yet lost, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 72:

    occidit spes nostra,

    is gone, id. Most. 2, 1, 2:

    lumen (oculorum),

    Lucr. 3, 414:

    dolus,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 6:

    causa,

    Lucr. 2, 790:

    rem publicam occidere,

    Cic. Dom. 30, 96:

    vita,

    id. Tusc. 1, 45, 109:

    occidit ornatus (mundi),

    perishes, id. Ac. 2, 38, 119:

    vestra beneficia occasura esse,

    id. Mil. 36, 100.—Hence, occĭdens, entis, P. a.; as subst., m., the quarter of the setting sun, the west, the occident (class.):

    ab oriente ad occidentem,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 66, 164:

    vel occidentis usque ad ultimum sinum,

    Hor. Epod. 1, 13:

    cui se oriens occidensque submiserat,

    Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112:

    validissima in se civium arma viribus occidentis coepta,

    Tac. H. 2, 6: partes mundi, Paul. ex Fest. p. 339 Müll.
    3.
    occīdo, for occedo, q. v.

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  • 8 occido

    1.
    occīdo ( obc-), cīdi, cīsum, 3 (occisit for occiderit, Lex Num. Pompil. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. occisum. pp. 178 and 179; also Lex XII. Tab. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4), v. a. [ob-caedo], to strike down, strike to the ground; to beat, smash, crush.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. (very rare):

    aliquem pugnis,

    Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 20:

    occare id est comminuere, ne sit glaeba: quod ita occidunt, occare dictum,

    to crush, Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 1:

    occisum ad mortem,

    wounded to death, Vulg. Apoc. 13, 3.—
    B.
    In partic., to strike or cut down; to cut off, kill, slay (class. and very freq.; syn.: interficio, trucido, obtrunco): summus ibi capitur meddix: occiditur alter, Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll. (Ann. v. 296 Vahl.):

    L. Virginius filiam suā manu occidit,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 66:

    ejus copias,

    id. Phil. 14, 14, 36:

    ipse pro castris fortissime pugnans occiditur,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 36: occidione occidere, to completely cut off, destroy; v. occidio:

    ad unum omnes,

    to cut off all to the last man, Liv. 3, 23:

    aliquem veneno,

    to destroy with poison, Suet. Claud. 44; Just. 3, 2, 1:

    occisus videtur non tantum qui per vim aut per caedem interfectus est, velut jugulatus... sed et is qui veneno Necatus dicitur,

    Paul. Sent. 3, 5, 2 sqq.; cf.:

    et occidet eum lingua viperae,

    Vulg. Job, 20, 16:

    occisa sunt in terrae motu,

    id. Apoc. 11, 13:

    dedistine ei gladium qui se occideret?

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 92: cum ipse se conaretur occidere, Cic. ap. Quint. 5, 10, 69; so,

    se occidere,

    Curt. 6, 10, 18; Quint. 7, 3, 7; Suet. Vit. 10; Eutr. 1, 8; 6, 24; Lact. 3, 18, 8; cf.:

    occidit, adversariumne? immo vero aiunt se et eum, quem defendit,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 74, 302.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    To plague to death; to torture, torment, pester (cf. exanimo, II. B.; very rare;

    not in Cic. or Cæs.): occidis me, cum istuc rogitas,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 21:

    aliā occidis fabulā,

    id. Men. 5, 5, 23:

    occidis saepe rogando,

    Hor. Epod. 14, 5:

    legendo,

    id. A. P. 475.—
    B.
    To ruin, undo:

    occidisti me tuis fallaciis,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 67.—Hence, oc-cīsus, a, um, P. a., ruined, lost, unfortunate, undone (Plautin.):

    occisa est haec res, nisi, etc.,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 7.— Sup.:

    occisissimus sum omnium, qui vivunt,

    I am the most unfortunate, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 53.
    2.
    occĭdo, cĭdi, cāsum, 3, v. n. [obcado], to fall down, fall.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. (rare):

    et alia Signa de caelo ad terram occidunt,

    Plaut. Rud. prol. 8: ut alii [p. 1251] super alios occiderent, Liv. 21, 35:

    arbores ita inciderant, ut momento levi impulsae occiderent,

    id. 23, 24.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Of the heavenly bodies, to go down, set (class.): prope jam occidente sole, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24:

    soles occidere, et redire possunt: Nobis, cum semel occidit brevis lux, Nox est perpetua una dormienda,

    Cat. 5, 4:

    Capra, Aquila, Canicula,

    Col. 11, 2, 94:

    occasura pars caeli,

    i. e. western, Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 92: SOL OCCASVS SVPREMA TEMPESTAS ESTO, i. e. sundown, sunset, Lex XII. Tab.; cf. Gell. 17, 2, 10 (Varr. L. L. 6, § 5 Müll., gives, instead of it, OCCASVS SOLIS; v. 2. occasus); so,

    ante solem obcasum,

    before sunset, Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 41:

    donec lux occidat,

    Juv. 13, 158.—Fig.:

    non occidet ultra sol tuus,

    Vulg. Isa. 60, 20.—
    2.
    Pregn., to fall, perish, die (class.;

    syn.: obeo, pereo, intereo): exstincto calore, occidimus ipsi et extinguimur,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 23:

    in bello,

    id. Fam. 9, 5, 2:

    Eudemus proelians ad Syracusas occidit,

    id. Div. 1, 25, 53:

    sperans hostium saevitiā facile eum occasurum,

    Sall. J. 7, 2:

    occiderit ferro Priamus?

    Verg. A. 2, 581: dextrā suā, to die by one's own hand (by suicide), id. ib. 12, 659:

    minimo vulnere,

    Ov. M. 6, 265.—
    II.
    Transf., to perish, be ruined, lost, etc.
    A.
    Of persons:

    sin plane occidimus,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 4.—So, esp., occidi, an exclamation of despair, I am lost, undone, Plaut. Stich. 2, 3, 75; Ter. And. 3, 4, 26:

    nulla sum, nulla sum: tota tota occidi,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 1:

    occidimus funditus,

    Verg. A. 11, 413.—
    B.
    Of things:

    non hercle occiderunt mihi etiam fundique atque aedes,

    I have not yet lost, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 72:

    occidit spes nostra,

    is gone, id. Most. 2, 1, 2:

    lumen (oculorum),

    Lucr. 3, 414:

    dolus,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 6:

    causa,

    Lucr. 2, 790:

    rem publicam occidere,

    Cic. Dom. 30, 96:

    vita,

    id. Tusc. 1, 45, 109:

    occidit ornatus (mundi),

    perishes, id. Ac. 2, 38, 119:

    vestra beneficia occasura esse,

    id. Mil. 36, 100.—Hence, occĭdens, entis, P. a.; as subst., m., the quarter of the setting sun, the west, the occident (class.):

    ab oriente ad occidentem,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 66, 164:

    vel occidentis usque ad ultimum sinum,

    Hor. Epod. 1, 13:

    cui se oriens occidensque submiserat,

    Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112:

    validissima in se civium arma viribus occidentis coepta,

    Tac. H. 2, 6: partes mundi, Paul. ex Fest. p. 339 Müll.
    3.
    occīdo, for occedo, q. v.

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  • 9 occīdō

        occīdō cīdī, cīsus, ere    [ob+caedo], to strike down, knock down: me pugnis, T.—To cut down, cut off, kill, slay: si aliam (noxiam) admisero, occidito, T.: fortissime pugnans occiditur, Cs.: exercitūs occidione occisi, annihilated, L.: ad unum omnes, to the last man, L.: hominem, murder: modus hominis occidendi, form of murder: homines impune occidebantur, murders were committed: se occidere, commit suicide, Cu.—Fig., to plague to death, torture, torment, pester: occidis saepe rogando, H.: legendo, H.—To ruin, undo: me tuis fallaciis, T.
    * * *
    I
    occidere, occidi, occasus V
    fall, fall down; perish, die, be slain; be ruined/done for, decline, end
    II
    occidere, occidi, occisus V
    kill, murder, slaughter, slay; cut/knock down; weary, be the death/ruin of

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  • 10 metō

        metō messuī, messus, ere    [MET-], to reap, mow, crop, gather, collect, harvest: in metendo occupatos, Cs.: pabula falce, cut down, O.: Falcibus messae herbae, V.—Prov.: ut sementem feceris, ita metes, as you sow, so shall you reap.—Of the vintage, to gather: Postremus metito, V.: purpureos flores, i. e. gather the pollen (of bees), V.— To cut off, pluck, crop: virgā lilia summa, O.: farra metebat aper, laid waste, O.: barbam, Iu.— To mow down, cut down, destroy: Proxuma quaeque gladio, V.: metit Orcus Grandia cum parvis, H.: vita omnibus metenda, ut fruges, C. poët.
    * * *
    metere, messui, messus V
    reap; mow, cut off

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  • 11 succīdō

        succīdō cīdī, cīsus, ere    [sub+caedo], to cut off below, cut from under, cut through, cut off, cut down, fell: vivos Succisis feminibus invenerunt, L.: poplite Succiso, V.: succisis asseribus conlapsus pons, L.: flos succisus aratro, V.: frumentis succisis, mown, Cs.: (herbas) curvamine falcis, O.
    * * *
    succidere, succidi, succisus V

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  • 12 decido

    1.
    dē-cĭdo, cĭdi, 3, v. n. [cado], to fall off, fall down (class.).
    1.
    Lit.
    A.
    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. —
    B.
    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.
    II.
    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.
    2.
    dē-cīdo, cīdi, cīsum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut off.
    I.
    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.—
    B.
    Transf., to cudgel, beat soundly:

    aliquem verberibus decidere,

    Dig. 47, 21, 2.
    II.
    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).
    (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    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.—
    (γ).
    Absol.:

    in jugera singula ternis medimnis,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 48; id. Rosc. Com. 36; Aur. Vict. de Vir. Ill. 56, 4.—
    B.
    To cut down, reduce, diminish:

    ad tertiam partem vectigal,

    Lampr. Alex. Sev. 38.

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  • 13 recido

    1.
    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.).
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    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. —
    II.
    (With the idea of cadere predominating.) To fall somewhere, to light upon, happen, occur, = redigi; constr. with ad, in, or an adv. of direction.
    (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    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.—
    (γ).
    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.
    2.
    rĕ-cīdo, di, sum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut away, cut down, cut off (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    I.
    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.—
    II.
    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.

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  • 14 excīdō

        excīdō īdī, īsus, ere    [ex + caedo], to cut out, cut off, hew out, cut down: arbores, Cs.: excisa arbor: columnas rupibus, V.— To raze, demolish, lay waste, destroy: aedīs: Troiam, V.: Sugambros, Ta.—Fig., to drive out, extirpate, banish: tempus ex animo: vitium irae, H.: causas bellorum, Ta.
    * * *
    I
    excidere, excidi, - V
    perish; disappear; escape, fall out; be deprived of; lose control of senses
    II
    excidere, excidi, excisus V
    cut out/off/down; raze, destroy

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  • 15 re-scindō

        re-scindō scidī, scissus, ere,    to cut off, cut loose, cut down, tear open: pontem, i. e. break down, Cs.: Ense teli latebram penitus, to cut open, V.: obductos annis luctūs, O.: an male sarta Gratia <*>uiquam coit et rescinditur? H.—To open: locum praesidiis firmatum: ferro summum Ulceris os, V.—Fig., to tear open, renew, expose: crimina, O.—To annul, abolish, abrogate, repeal, rescind: quod sit factum legibus, T.: Iussa Iovis, O.: ordinum gesta: totam trienni praeturam: res iudicatas: testamenta.

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  • 16 abscīdō

        abscīdō cīdī, cīsus, ere    [abs+caedo], to cut off, hew off: caput, L.: cervicibus fractis caput abscidit.—Fig., to cut off, separate, divide: abscisus in duas partīs exercitus, Cs.—To cut off, take away violently: aliā spe undique abscisā, L.: omnium rerum respectum nobis, L.: quia abscideram, because I had broken off abruptly.
    * * *
    abscidere, abscidi, abscisus V TRANS
    hew/cut off/away/out; fell/cut down; remove, separate/cut off/destroy, divide; take away violently; expel/banish; destroy (hope); amputate; prune; cut short

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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.

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  • 19 recīdō

        recīdō dī, sus, ere    [re-+caedo], to cut away, cut down, cut off: sceptrum imo de stirpe, V.: ceras inanīs, empty cells, V.: pueris membra, O.: volnus Ense recidendum est, O.: columnas, hew out, H.—Fig., to lop off, cut short, retrench, abridge, diminish: ambitiosa Ornamenta, H.: nationes recisae: supplicio culpam, H.
    * * *
    I
    recidere, recidi, recasus V INTRANS
    fall/sink back, lapse/relapse/revert; fall to earth; come to naught; rebound on
    II
    recidere, recidi, recisus V TRANS
    cut back/off (to base/tree), prune; cut back/away; get by cutting; curtail

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  • 20 intercido

    1.
    inter-cīdo, īdi, īsum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut asunder, cut up, cut to pieces, divide, pierce, cut through.
    I.
    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.—
    B.
    Esp., of accounts, to mutilate, falsify:

    commentarios,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 22, 4:

    rationes dominicas,

    Dig. 11, 3, 1, § 5. —
    II.
    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.
    2.
    inter-cĭdo, ĭdi, 3, v. n. [cado], to fall between.
    I.
    Lit.:

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

    Liv. 26, 39; 21, 8; 3, 10, 6.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    To occur meanwhile, to happen:

    si quae interciderunt, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 8, 3. —
    B.
    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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > intercido

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