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ex-cĭdo, cĭdi, 3, v. n. [cado], to fall out or down, to fall from (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense).

Lit.

In gen.: quod (animal) cum ex utero elapsum excidit, Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 128:

sol excidisse mihi e mundo videtur,

id. Att. 9, 10, 3:

gladii de manibus exciderunt,

id. Pis. 9 fin.; cf. id. Phil. 12, 3, 8; id. Cat. 1, 6 fin.;

for which also: inter manus (urna),

Prop. 4 (5), 4, 22; and:

a digitis (ansa),

Ov. H. 16, 252:

Palinurus exciderat puppi,

Verg. A. 6, 339; cf.

arce,

Ov. F. 5, 34:

equis,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 1164:

num qui nummi exciderunt, here, tibi, quod sic terram Obtuere?

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 17; cf. id. Cist. 4, 2, 8; id. Merc. 3, 1, 44; id. Poen. 1, 2, 48:

volvae excidunt,

Plin. 36, 21, 39, § 151.— Poet.:

ita vinclis Excidet aut in aquas tenues dilapsus abibit,

will slip out of the fetters, Verg. G. 4, 410:

in flumen (elephanti, sc. e rate),

Liv. 21, 28 fin.:

cum Herculis pertractanti arma sagitta excidisset in pedem,

Plin. 25, 6, 30, § 66:

ante pedes (lingua resecta),

Ov. Ib. 536.—

In partic., of a lot, to fall of come out (very rare):

ut cujusque sors exciderat,

Liv. 21, 42, 3;

and hence, transf.: nominibus in urnam conjectis, citari quod primum sorte nomen excidit,

id. 23, 3, 7.

Trop.

In gen., to fall out involuntarily, fall from, slip out, escape:

verbum ex ore alicujus,

Cic. Sull. 26; cf.:

vox excidit ore: Venisti tandem, etc.,

Verg. A. 6, 686:

tantumque nefas patrio excidit ore?

id. ib. 2, 658; cf.:

scelus ore tuo,

Ov. M. 7, 172:

quod verbum tibi non excidit, ut saepe fit, fortuito,

Cic. Phil. 10, 2 fin.; cf. Quint. 6, 3, 23; 7, 2, 52; 9, 4, 41 al.:

libellus me imprudente et invito excidit,

escaped me without my knowledge or desire, Cic. de Or. 1, 21; cf. id. ib. 1, 2, 5:

vox horrenda per auras excidit,

Verg. A. 9, 113:

et pariter vultusque deo plectrumque colorque Excidit,

Ov. M. 2, 602; cf. id. ib. 4, 176:

ut quodammodo victoria e manibus excideret,

Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 10, 2:

(versus) qui in breves excidunt,

i. e. which close, terminate, Quint. 9, 4, 106.— Poet.: in vitium libertas excidit, qs. falls away, sinks, = delabitur, Hor. A. P. 282.—

In partic.

To dissent, differ from any one's opinion: ego ab Archilocho excido, Lucil. ap. Non. 301, 18.—

To pass away, be lost, perish, disappear:

neque enim verendum est, ne quid excidat aut ne quid in terram defluat,

Cic. Lael. 16, 58:

primo miser excidit aevo,

Prop. 3, 7, 7 (4, 6, 7 M.):

nec vera virtus, cum semel excidit, etc.,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 30:

at non ingenio quaesitum nomen ab aevo Excidet,

Prop. 3, 2, 24 (4, 1, 64 M.):

excidit omnis luctus,

Ov. M. 8, 448:

ne Tarentinae quidem arcis excidit memoria,

Liv. 27, 3 fin.; cf. the foll.—Esp.

To fail, faint, swoon, lose one's self:

excidit illa metu, rupitque novissima verba,

Ov. A. A. 1, 5, 39; cf.: ut scias quemadmodum nunquam excidam mihi, lose control of myself (through drink), Sen. de Ira, 3, 14, 1:

quis me dolori reddit? quam bene excideram mihi!

Sen. Hippol. 589 sq. —

To slip out, escape from the memory:

excidere de memoria,

Liv. 29, 19 fin.:

exciderat pacis mentio ex omnium animis,

id. 34, 37; cf.

animo,

Verg. A. 1, 26; Ov. H. 20, 188;

and pectore,

id. Pont. 2, 4, 24:

o miram memoriam, Pomponi, tuam! at mihi ista exciderant,

Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 46; so with dat.:

quae cogitatio, cum mihi non omnino excidisset, etc.,

id. Fam. 5, 13, 2; id. Att. 6, 1, 7; Quint. 4, 5, 4; 10, 1, 75; Prop. 3 (4), 24, 20; 4 (5), 7, 15 et saep.; cf. with a subjectclause:

non excidit mihi, scripsisse me, etc.,

Quint. 2, 3, 10.— Absol.:

quid? non haec varietas mira est, excidere proxima, vetera inhaerere? hesternorum immemores acta pueritiae recordari,

id. 11, 2, 6; 1, 12, 6; 4, 2, 91; 4, 5, 2; cf. with inf. clause:

si calore dicendi vitare id excidisset,

id. 11, 3, 130; and with ut:

excidit, ut peterem, etc.,

i. e. I forgot to beg, Ov. M. 14, 139.—Rarely transf. to the person:

excidens,

who forgets, forgetful, Quint. 11, 2, 19:

palam moneri excidentis est,

id. 11, 3, 132.—

(Ex) aliquā re, of persons, to be deprived of, to lose, miss, forfeit (esp. freq. since the Aug. per.;

in Cic. not at all): ex familia,

Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 104:

uxore,

to be disappointed of, Ter. And. 2, 5, 12:

regno,

Curt. 10, 5:

quem si non tenuit, magnis tamen excidit ausis,

failed in a great attempt, Ov. M. 2, 328; cf.:

fine medicinae,

Quint. 2, 17, 25:

genere,

id. 1, 5, 16: qui apud privatos judices plus petendo formula excidissent, i. e. who lost their suits (for the usual cadere formulā or [p. 677] causā;

v. cado, II.),

Suet. Claud. 14; Sen. Clem. 2, 3.

ex-cīdo, īdi, īsum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut out or off, to hew out, to cut or hew down (class.).

Lit.:

lapides e terra,

Cic. Off. 2, 3 fin.:

omnes arbores longe lateque,

Caes. B. C. 2, 15, 1; cf.:

excisa enim est arbor, non evulsa,

Cic. Att. 15, 4, 2: exciditur ilex (with percellunt magnas quercus), Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. 194 ed. Vahl.):

arborem e stirpe,

Dig. 43, 27, 1:

ericium,

Caes. B. C. 3, 67 fin.:

radicem,

Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 82:

columnas rupibus,

Verg. A. 1, 428; cf.:

rubos arvis,

Quint. 9, 4, 5: linguam alicui, Crassus ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 1 fin.:

partum mulieri,

Dig. 11, 8, 2:

os,

Cels. 8, 3:

virilitatem,

i. e. to castrate, geld, Quint. 5, 12, 17;

for which also, se,

Ov. F. 4, 361; cf. Dig. 48, 8, 4 fin.:

vias per montes,

Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 125:

latus rupis in antrum,

Verg. A. 6, 42; cf.:

vasa anaglypta in asperitatem,

i. e. wrought with raised figures, Plin. 33, 11, 49, § 139: exciderat eum (sc. obeliscum) rex, majusque opus in devehendo statuendove multo quam in excidendo, i. e. cut out in the quarry, Plin. 36, 8, 14, § 67; absol., id. ib. § 65.—

Transf., in gen., to raze, demolish, lay waste, destroy:

qui domos inimicorum suorum oppugnavit, excidit, incendit,

Cic. Sest. 44:

Numantiam,

id. Off. 1. 22, 76; cf.

Trojam,

Verg. A. 2, 637:

urbem,

id. ib. 12, 762:

oppida,

Lact. 1, 18, 8:

Germaniam,

Vell. 2, 123 fin.:

agrum,

id. 2, 115:

exercitum,

i. e. to cut to pieces, annihilate, id. 2, 120, 3.—

Trop., to extirpate, remove, banish:

aliquid ex animo,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 18, 43; cf.:

iram animis, Sen. de Ira, 3, 1: aliquem numero civium,

Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 6.

immĕmor ( inm-), ŏris (ante-class. in the nom. sing. immemoris, Caecil. ap. Prisc. pp. 699 and 772 P.; Com. Fragm. v. 31 Rib.; abl. immemori, Sen. Ben. 7, 3, 2; Cat. 64, 123; 248;

al. immemore,

Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 3, 3), adj. [in-memor], unmindful, not thinking, forgetful, regardless, negligent of a thing.

Lit. (freq. and class.); constr. usually with gen.; less freq. absol. or with an inf.

With gen.:

adeone immemor rerum a me gestarum esse videor?

Cic. Sull. 30, 83:

hesternorum immemores, acta pueritiae recordari,

Quint. 11, 2, 6:

beneficii,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 17:

ne me immemorem mandati tui putares,

Cic. Att. 5, 16, 1:

istius mandati tui,

id. ib. 4, 6, 3:

hujus rei,

id. Phil. 2, 22, 54:

nec erat (L. Gellius) Romanarum rerum immemor,

i. e. he was not ignorant of Roman history, id. Brut. 47, 174:

venator tenerae conjugis immemor,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 26:

immemor in testando nepotis,

Liv. 1, 34, 3:

omnium immemor difficultatum,

id. 9, 31, 14:

praedae,

Tac. A. 14, 36:

sepulcri,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 18:

herbarum (juvenca),

Verg. E. 8, 2:

graminis (cervus),

Hor. C. 1, 15, 30; cf.:

qua cibi qua quietis inmemor nox traducta est,

Liv. 9, 3, 4:

salutis immemores,

Curt. 7, 9.—

Absol.:

magna haec immemoris ingenii signa,

Cic. Brut. 60, 218:

immemori discedens pectore conjux,

unfeeling, Cat. 64, 123:

mente,

id. ib. 249:

possimne ingratus et immemor esse?

Ov. M. 14, 173; 10, 682; 15, 122; Cat. 30, 1.—

With inf.:

nihili est, suum Qui officium facere immemor est, nisi adeo monitus,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 3; and with acc. and inf.:

immemor, Chaeream Cassium nominari,

never thinking, not considering, Suet. Calig. 57.—

Transf., that causes forgetfulness, a poet. epithet of Lethe, Stat. S. 5, 2, 96; Sil. 16, 478; Sen. Herc. Oet. 936.

immĕmor ( inm-), ŏris (ante-class. in the nom. sing. immemoris, Caecil. ap. Prisc. pp. 699 and 772 P.; Com. Fragm. v. 31 Rib.; abl. immemori, Sen. Ben. 7, 3, 2; Cat. 64, 123; 248;

al. immemore,

Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 3, 3), adj. [in-memor], unmindful, not thinking, forgetful, regardless, negligent of a thing.

Lit. (freq. and class.); constr. usually with gen.; less freq. absol. or with an inf.

With gen.:

adeone immemor rerum a me gestarum esse videor?

Cic. Sull. 30, 83:

hesternorum immemores, acta pueritiae recordari,

Quint. 11, 2, 6:

beneficii,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 17:

ne me immemorem mandati tui putares,

Cic. Att. 5, 16, 1:

istius mandati tui,

id. ib. 4, 6, 3:

hujus rei,

id. Phil. 2, 22, 54:

nec erat (L. Gellius) Romanarum rerum immemor,

i. e. he was not ignorant of Roman history, id. Brut. 47, 174:

venator tenerae conjugis immemor,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 26:

immemor in testando nepotis,

Liv. 1, 34, 3:

omnium immemor difficultatum,

id. 9, 31, 14:

praedae,

Tac. A. 14, 36:

sepulcri,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 18:

herbarum (juvenca),

Verg. E. 8, 2:

graminis (cervus),

Hor. C. 1, 15, 30; cf.:

qua cibi qua quietis inmemor nox traducta est,

Liv. 9, 3, 4:

salutis immemores,

Curt. 7, 9.—

Absol.:

magna haec immemoris ingenii signa,

Cic. Brut. 60, 218:

immemori discedens pectore conjux,

unfeeling, Cat. 64, 123:

mente,

id. ib. 249:

possimne ingratus et immemor esse?

Ov. M. 14, 173; 10, 682; 15, 122; Cat. 30, 1.—

With inf.:

nihili est, suum Qui officium facere immemor est, nisi adeo monitus,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 3; and with acc. and inf.:

immemor, Chaeream Cassium nominari,

never thinking, not considering, Suet. Calig. 57.—

Transf., that causes forgetfulness, a poet. epithet of Lethe, Stat. S. 5, 2, 96; Sil. 16, 478; Sen. Herc. Oet. 936.

oblīvĭōsus, a, um, adj. [oblivio].

Lit., that easily forgets, forgetful, oblivious (rare but class.):

hos (senes) significat credulos, obliviosos,

Cic. Sen. 11, 36.— Sup.:

homo obliviosissimus,

Tert. Anim. 24.—

Transf., that produces forgetfulness, oblivious ( poet.):

Massicus (i. e. sollicitudinum oblivionem afferens),

Hor. C. 2, 7, 21.

oblīviscor, lītus (archaic inf. obliscier. Att. Tr. 190; 488), 3, v. dep. [ob and livor, q. v.; livēre, to become dark; hence, to have the mind darkened, forget], to forget; constr. with gen. of pers. and with gen. or acc. of thing; less freq. with inf. or a rel.clause (class.; cf. dedisco).

With gen. of person:

vivorum memini, nec tamen Epicuri licet oblivisci,

Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 3: nescio hercule, neque unde eam, neque quorsum eam;

ita prorsum oblitus sum mei,

I have so completely forgotten myself, been lost in thought, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 15:

regisque ducumque meique,

Ov. M. 13, 276:

dum tu ades, sunt oblitae sui,

Cic. Fam. 9, 12, 1:

nec oblitus sui est Ithacus discrimine tanto,

was not forgetful of himself, untrue to his nature, Verg. A. 3, 629; cf. Val. Fl. 3, 664: sui, to forget one's self, know nothing of one's former self, sc. after death, Sen. Herc. Fur. 292; also, to forget one's self in a character represented or assumed:

tamquam in eo tragoediae argumento sui oblitus tantum Catonem cogitāsset,

Tac. Or. 2. —

With gen. of thing:

meminens naturae et professionis oblitus,

Sid. Ep. 4, 12:

nec umquam obliviscar noctis illius, etc.,

Cic. Planc. 42, 101; cf.:

oblivisci temporum meorum,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 8:

ut nostrae dignitatis simus obliti,

id. ib. 1, 7, 7:

veterumque oblitus honorum,

Ov. M. 7, 543; Just. 4, 2, 5:

oblivisci veteris contumeliae, recentium injuriarum,

Caes. B. G. 1, 14:

controversiarum ac dissensionum,

id. ib. 7, 34:

pristini instituti,

id. B. C. 3, 57:

offensarum,

Tac. H. 2, 1:

tot exemplorum,

Quint. 9, 2, 86.—

With acc. of thing:

qui quod dedit id ob litust datum,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 24:

officium meum,

id. Cas. 1, 1, 16:

injurias,

Cic. Cael. 20, 50; cf.:

artificium obliviscatur,

id. Rosc. Am. 17, 49:

res praeclarissimas,

id. Mil. 23, 63:

totam causam,

id. Brut. 60, 218:

haec tam crebra Etruriae concilia,

Liv. 5, 5, Drak. N. cr.:

ut alia obliviscar,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 31, 87.—With acc. of person:

obliti sunt Deum,

Vulg. Psa. 105, 21; 49, 22.—

With inf.:

oblita pharetram tollere,

Ov. M. 2, 439:

suas quatere pennas,

id. ib. 4, 676: dicere aliquid. Ter. And. 5, 1, 22:

obliviscor, Roscium et Cluvium viros esse primarios,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 17, 50.—

With a rel.clause:

in scriptis obliviscebatur, quid paulo ante posuisset,

Cic. Brut. 60, 218.—

Poet., transf., of things:

saeclis obliviscentibus,

i. e. causing forgetfulness, Cat. 68, 43:

oblito pectore,

id. 64, 207: pomaque degenerant sucos oblita priores, forgetting, i. e. being deprived of losing, Verg. G. 2, 59; imitated by Col. poët. 10, 408.—

Prov.:

oblivisci nomen suum,

to forget one's own name, to have a bad memory, Petr. 66.—

Part. fut. pass.:

oblitusque meorum, obliviscendus et illis,

Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 9:

obliviscendi stratiotici,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 49.

signif. ( poet. and late Lat.):

post emancipationem in totum adoptivae familiae obliviscuntur,

Dig. 23, 2, 60, § 6:

oblita carmina,

Verg. E. 9, 53; Val. Fl. 2, 388:

oblitos superūm dolores,

id. 1, 791:

suis hominibus oblitus,

August. Mus. 4, 4.

tŏga, ae, f. [tego], a covering, garment.

In gen. (ante-class. and rare): praeterea quod in lecto togas ante habebant; ante enim olim fuit commune vestimentum et diurnum et nocturnum et muliebre et virile, Varr. ap. Non. 541, 2:

incinctā togā,

Afran. ib. 540, 33; cf.

comic.: ne toga cordylis, ne paenula desit olivis,

Mart. 13, 1, 1. —

A roofing, roof:

(toga) dicitur et tectum,

Non. 406, 21. —

In partic., the outer garment of a Roman citizen in time of peace, long, broad, and flowing, and consisting of a single piece of stuff; the toga or gown.

Lit.:

sed quod pacis est insigne et otii toga,

Cic. Pis. 30, 73:

quem tenues decuere togae,

Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 32:

ima,

Quint. 11, 3, 139:

pexa,

Mart. 2, 44, 1:

rasa,

id. 2, 88, 4: toga praetexta, the toga of magistrates and free-born children, ornamented with purple; v. praetexo: toga pura, the unornamented toga of youth who had laid aside the praetexta:

Ciceroni meo togam puram cum dare Arpini vellem,

Cic. Att. 9, 6, 1; 5, 20, 9; 7, 8, 5;

called more freq. virilis,

id. Sest. 69, 144; id. Phil. 2, 18, 44; Liv. 26, 19, 5; Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 2; and:

toga libera,

Prop. 4 (5), 1, 132; Ov. F. 3, 771; cf.:

a patre ita eram deductus ad Scaevolam sumptā virili togā,

Cic. Lael. 1, 1:

toga picta,

worn by a victor in his triumph, Liv. 10, 7, 9; 30, 15, 11; Flor. 1, 5, 6:

purpurea,

worn by kings, Liv. 27, 4, 11; 31, 11, 12: candida, the toga worn by candidates for office, made of white fulled cloth; v. candidus: pulla, the dark-gray toga of mourners; v. pullus; cf. Becker, Gallus, 3, p. 107 sq.; 2, pp. 55 and 74 sq. (2d edit.).—

Transf.

As a designation for peace:

ex quo genere haec sunt, Liberum appellare pro vino, campum pro comitiis, togam pro pace, arma ac tela pro bello,

Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167: cedant arma togae, id. poët. Off. 1, 22, 77; id. Pis. 30, 73:

vir omnibus belli ac togae dotibus eminens,

Vell. 1, 12, 3; Tert. Pall. 5.—Also of the Roman national character; hence, togae oblitus, forgetful of Rome, Hor. C. 3, 5, 10.—

As, in the times of the emperors, the toga went more and more out of use, and became almost exclusively the garment of clients, poet. for a client:

eheu quam fatuae sunt tibi Roma togae,

Mart. 10, 18, 4; 10, 47, 5; cf. Plin. Pan. 65; Flor. 4, 12, 32. —

As women of loose character were not allowed to wear the proper female garment (the stola), and assumed the toga, poet. for a prostitute: si tibi cura togae est [p. 1876] potior pressumque quasillo Scortum, Tib. 4, 10, 3.