happen+to+one

in-cēdo, cessi, cessum ( sync. perf. incesti, Plaut. Cas. 3, 6, 11), 3, v. n. and a., to go, step, or march along at a measured pace (class.).

Lit.

In gen.

Neutr.:

tenero et molli ingressu suspendimus gradum: non ambulamus, sed incedimus,

Sen. Q. N. 7, 31:

per vias,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 71; cf.:

socios per ipsos,

Verg. A. 5, 188:

viā,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 32:

tota in urbe,

Ov. F. 6, 653:

quacumque incederet,

Cic. Div. 1, 24, 49:

quam taeter incedebat, quam truculentus,

id. Sest. 8, 19:

incessit deinde, qua duxit praedae spes, victor exercitus,

Liv. 8, 36, 9:

etiam si pedes incedat, memorabilem fore,

id. 28, 9, 15: servi pedibus, liberi non nisi equis incedunt. i. e. walk... ride, Just. 41, 3, 4; cf.:

incedunt pueri, pariterque ante ora parentum Frenatis lucent in equis,

Verg. A. 5, 553:

a foro domum,

Plaut. Most. 4, 3, 6:

sessum impransum,

id. Poen. prol. 10:

qui huc incedit,

id. Most. 1, 3, 152:

ad me,

id. Am. 1, 1, 179:

huc ad nos,

id. Trin. 5, 2, 27; cf.:

undique nuntii incedunt, qui afferrent, etc.,

Tac. A. 11, 32:

ut ovans praeda onustus incederem,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 146:

vix incedo inanis, ne ire posse cum onere existumes,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 174:

quem modo decoratum ovantemque victoria incedentem vidistis,

Liv. 1, 16, 10; 2, 6, 7:

claro honore,

Lucr. 3, 76:

omnibus laetitiis,

Cic. Fam. 2, 9, 2:

incedunt per ora vestra magnifici,

Sall. J. 31, 10:

ego quae divum incedo regina,

who walk majestic as, who am, Verg. A. 1, 46; cf. Prop. 2, 2, 6:

matrona incedit census induta nepotum,

id. 3, 13, 11 (4, 12):

ut mea Luxuria Nemesis fluat ut que per urbem Incedat donis conspicienda meis,

Tib. 2, 3, 52.—

With acc.:

incedunt maestos locos,

Tac. A. 1, 61:

scaenam,

id. ib. 14, 15:

fontem aquae nando,

id. ib. 14, 22.—

In partic., in milit. lang., to move forwards, advance, march:

barbari in perculsos Romanos acrius incedere,

Sall. J. 101, 7:

in erumpentes,

Liv. 9, 21:

cohortes paulatim incedere jubet,

Sall. C. 60, 1:

munito agmine,

id. J. 46, 6:

agmen reliquum incedere coepit,

Liv. 21, 33, 1:

segnius Hispanorum signa incedebant,

id. 28, 14, 18:

Sabini usque ad portas urbis populantes incessere,

id. 2, 63, 7:

propius incedentes,

Tac. A. 4, 47:

quod gnarum duci incessitque itineri et proelio paratus,

id. ib. 1, 51 (Ritter, but Halm omits paratus).—

Trop.

In gen. (rare):

malitiae lenonis contra incedam,

will encounter, Plaut. Rud. 3, 3, 31:

facilius ad inventionem animus incedet si, etc.,

will proceed to, Cic. Inv. 2, 14, 45 Orell. N. cr. —

In partic.

To triumph over, exult over; with dat.:

meo nunc superbus incedis malo,

Hor. Epod. 15, 18:

ille superbus incedet victis rivalibus,

Juv. 12, 126.—

Of inanim. and abstr. subjects, to come to, happen to, befall, attack, seize one; to approach, arrive, appear, occur (perh. not in Cic.); constr. with dat., acc., in and acc., or absol.

With dat. (so most freq.):

exercitui omni tantus incessit ex incommodo dolor, ut, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 3, 74, 1:

magnus omnium incessit timor animis,

id. ib. 2, 29, 1:

mulieres, quibus belli timor insolitus incesserat, etc.,

Sall. C. 31, 3 Kritz N. cr.; id. H. 2, 60:

gravior cura patribus incessit,

Liv. 4, 57, 10:

incedebat enim deterrimo cuique licentia,

Tac. A. 3, 36:

cupido incessit animo,

Curt. 7, 11, 4; 3, 1, 16:

si sterilitas annorum incessit hominibus,

Col. 2, 10, 1; Val. Max. 1, 8, 5.—

With acc.:

ipsum ingens cupido incesserat Tarenti potiundi,

Liv. 24, 13, 5:

timor patres incessit, ne, etc.,

id. 1, 17, 4; 2, 7, 1; 2, 32, 1;

7, 39, 4 et saep.: indignatio hostes incessit,

id. 3, 60:

adversa valetudo aliquem,

Tac. A. 3, 71:

ingens animos desperatio incessit,

Curt. 4, 2, 16; 3, 8, 25:

stupor omnes et admiratio incessit,

Just. 22, 6, 11: cupido incessit aliquem (with acc. and inf.), Sulp. Sev. Chron. 1, 38, 6; 2, 16, 3.—

With in and acc.:

vis morbi, pestilentia incedit in castra, in Poenos Romanosque,

Liv. 29, 10, 3: pestilentia incesserat pari clade in Romanos [p. 918] Poenosque, id. 28, 46, 15.—

Absol.:

nova nunc religio unde istaec incessit?

Ter. And. 4, 3, 15:

tantus eo facto timor incessit,

Caes. B. C. 3, 101;

Auct. B. Alex. 7: postquam tenebrae incedebant,

Tac. A. 15, 37; cf.:

ubi crepusculum incesserit,

Col. 11, 1, 18:

ubi tempestas incessit,

id. 12, 2, 5:

frigora,

id. 12, 52, 12:

siccitates,

id. 5, 9, 11:

lascivia atque superbia incessere,

Sall. J. 41, 3:

ubi Romam legati venere, tanta commutatio incessit, uti, etc.,

id. ib. 13, 7:

religio deinde incessit, vitio eos creatos,

Liv. 8, 17, 4:

ubi pro modestia ac pudore ambitio et vis incedebat,

Tac. A. 3, 26:

haud invito imperatore ea fieri occultus rumor incedebat,

went abroad, spread about, id. ib. 2, 55 fin.

inter-cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3, v. n., to go or come between, to intervene, to be between (syn. intervenio).

Lit.

In gen.:

si quis intercedat tertius,

Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 56:

intercedente lunā,

Plin. 2, 11, 8, § 49:

palus intercedebat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 26:

sylvae paludesque intercedebant,

id. ib. 5, 52:

inter singulas legiones impedimentorum magnum numerum intercedere,

id. ib. 2, 17, 2.—

In partic.

To occur, happen, come to pass:

saepe in bello parvis momentis magni casus intercedunt,

Caes. B. C. 1, 21:

inter bellorum curas res parva intercessit,

Liv. 34, 1:

nullum dictum intercessit,

Cic. Fam. 1, 9.—

Trop.

Of time, to intervene, pass:

vix annus intercesserat, cum, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 2, 21:

intercessere pauci dies,

Liv. 2, 64:

nox nulla intercessit,

Cic. Cat. 1, 2:

una nox intercesserat,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 36; id. Clu. 20.—

To be, exist, or come between persons.

In order or rank:

etsi nemo intercedebat, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 47, 173.—

In feelings or conduct:

ira inter eas intercessit,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 25:

tacebit dum intercedat familiaritas,

as long as our friendship lasts, id. Phorm. 4, 1, 17:

inter nosmetipsos vetus usus intercedit,

Cic. Fam. 13, 23, 1:

ut ei cum genere humano quasi civile jus intercederet,

id. Fin. 3, 20:

nisi intercederent mihi inimicitiae cum istius mulieris viro,

id. Cael. 13:

inter nos officia paria intercedunt,

id. Fam. 13, 65, 1; Nep. Att. 20:

huic cum reliquis... bella intercesserant,

Caes. B. G. 5, 11.—

To interpose one ' s credit, become surety for a person:

promisit, intercessit, dedit,

Cic. Att. 1, 16:

pro aliquo,

id. Phil. 2, [p. 978] 18, 45:

pro aliquo magnam pecuniam,

to procure for a person by becoming surety for him, id. Att. 6, 1, 5:

in omni genere negotiorum et obligationum... intercedere mulieres prohibentur,

Paul. Sent. 2, 11, 1. —

To oppose, withstand, protest against; of the tribunes of the people, who interposed their veto against a decree of the senate:

cum intercedere vellent rogationi,

Cic. Or. 2, 47:

nisi mihi levissimus tribunus plebis intercessisset,

id. Leg. 3, 8:

ea lege, qua intercedi de provinciis non licebit,

id. Prov. Cons. 8:

ea quae de reductione regis scripta est auctoritas, cui scis intercessum esse,

id. Fam. 1, 7:

praetori,

Liv. 38, 60:

tribuni plebis intercedentes pro se (Caesare),

Suet. Caes. 30; cf. At. Cap. ap. Gell. 4, 14, 6. This right of protest was also possessed by other magistrates; v. Varr. ap. Gell. 14, 7; Ascon. ap. Pis. 26; Liv. 5, 9.—So fig.:

si status condictus cum hoste intercedit dies, tamen est eundum,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 7.—

In gen., to interpose, interfere.

For or in behalf of a person, to intercede, interpose:

cum enim vestra auctoritas intercessisset, ut ego regem tuerer,

Cic. Fam. 15, 2, 4; Suet. Dom. 11.—

To obstruct, hinder, interrupt:

si nulla aegritudo huic gaudio intercesserit,

Ter. And. 5, 5, 5:

intercessit et, quominus in acta sua juraretur, ut ne mensis September Tiberius vocaretur,

Suet. Tib. 26:

de cognomine intercessit Augustus,

id. ib. 17:

non quia intercedendum putem imaginibus,

Tac. Agr. 46:

consilio,

id. H. 1, 19:

parens noster privatas gratiarum actiones cohibet, intercessurus etiam publicis,

Plin. Pan. 4:

intercedere casibus, occursare fortunae,

id. ib. 25 fin.:

iniquitatibus magistratuum,

id. ib. 80, 4; Plin. 32, 1, 1, § 4.

inter-vĕnĭo, vēni, ventum, 4, v. n., rarely a., to come between, come upon, to come in during, to intervene, interrupt (class.; syn. intercedo).

Lit., constr. with dat., rarely with acc.

Of persons:

sponsae pater intervenit,

Ter. And. 4, 3, 17:

quin malo abscedas: ne interveneris, quaeso, dum resipiscit,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 23:

verens ne molesti vobis interveniremus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 3:

casu Germani equites interveniunt,

Caes. B. G. 6, 37:

orationi,

Liv. 1, 48:

Statius intervenit nonnullorum querelis,

Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 1.— With pro:

pro sociis,

Flor. 1, 13, 6. — With ne:

ne quid perperam fieret,

Suet. Tib. 33. —

Of things.

To come, be, or lie between:

medius paries intervenit,

Dig. 33, 3, 4:

interveniente Ascanio lacu,

Plin. 5, 32, 43, § 148:

interveniente flumine,

id. 5, 1, 1, § 13; 4, 21, 35, § 115.—

To interfere with, interrupt, put a stop to.

With dat.:

nox proelio intervenit,

Liv. 23, 18:

continuationi sermonis,

Quint. 9, 3, 23:

verboque intervenit omni plangor,

Ov. M. 11, 708; so, of an oath in conversation: quoties lascivum intervenit illud, etc., Juv. 6, 194.—

With acc. (only in Tacitus):

ludorum diebus, qui cognitionem intervenerant,

Tac. A. 3, 23.—

Transf.

To take place meanwhile or among other things, to happen, occur:

nulla mihi res posthac potest jam intervenire tanta, quae, etc.,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 1:

quae inter vos intervenerint, etc.,

id. Hec. 3, 2, 16:

Epicurus exiguam dicit fortunam intervenire sapienti,

Cic. Fin. 1, 19:

casus mirificus quidam intervenit,

has taken place, id. Fam. 7, 5, 2:

interveniunt motu stellarum grandines, imbres,

Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 208:

intervenit his cogitationibus avitum malum, regni cupido,

Liv. 1, 6.—

To stand in the way of, to oppose, hinder, prevent, disturb:

Sabinum bellum coeptis intervenit,

Liv. 1, 36:

deliberationi metum pro republica intervenisse,

id. 2, 24:

vilicum intervenientem flagellāsset,

Suet. Claud. 38:

quis vestro Deus intervenit amori?

Calp. Ecl. 3, 23.—

Leg. t. t.

To interpose, become surety, Dig. 15, 1, 3, § 5; 50, 1, 17, § 15 al.—

To conduct a suit in another ' s name, Gai. Inst. 4, 87; cf. 4, 86 init.:

pro debitore,

id. ib. 4, 182.—

To interfere, intermeddle, exercise one ' s authority:

neque senatu interveniente,

Suet. Caes. 30:

praetor interveniet,

Dig. 4, 3, 23. — Pass. impers.:

si interventum est casu,

Cic. Top. 20:

ubi de improviso est interventum mulieri,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 40.

ōlim, adv. [ole, olle, ollus or olus, archaic for ille, with locative ending -im, = illo tempore, v. Brix ad Plaut. Trin. 523], lit., at that (sc. remote) time; hence,

Of past time, some time ago, once upon a time, once, formerly, in time past, whilom, erst (freq. and class.; syn. quondam): versibu' quos olim Fauni vatesque canebant, Enn. ap. Cic. Brut. 19, 76 (Ann. v. 222 Vahl.):

ut fuit olim Sisyphus,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 46:

sic enim olim loquebantur,

Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 183:

olim, vel nuper,

id. Div. 2, 25, 55;

so corresp. to hoc tempore,

id. Fam. 7, 24, 1:

olim...mox,

Tac. H. 1, 67:

ut erant olim,

Cic. Att. 12, 39, 2; cf.:

alium esse censes nunc me, atque olim,

Ter. And. 3, 3, 13; Cic. Fam. 15, 20, 2:

gens olim armis, mox memoriā nominis clara,

Tac. H. 7, 67:

fuit olim senex: ei filiae Duae erant,

there was once an old man, Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 33.—

Transf.

From the meaning in times past is derived that of since ever (Germ. von jener), what used to happen, was, is, the old custom; hence, in propositions which state, as the result cf experience, that any thing is wont to take place, at times (only ante-class. and poet.):

nunc lenonum plus est fere, Quam olim muscarum'st, cum caletur maxime,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 45; cf. id. Mil. 1, 1, 2; id. Poen. 1, 2, 143; cf. also id. Trin. 2, 4, 123:

saxum tumidis submersum tunditur olim Fluctibus, etc.,

Verg. A. 5, 125; id. ib. 8, 391:

ut pueris olim dant crustula blandi Doctores,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 25 Orell.:

ut calceus olim, Si pede major erit, subvertet, si minor, uret,

id. Ep. 1, 10, 42; id. C. 4, 4, 5:

parentis olim si quis impiā manu Senile guttur fregerit,

id. Epod. 3, 1:

ut olim Amisso dubiae rege vagantur apes,

Ov. F. 3, 555:

color oris erat, qui frondibus olim Esse solet seris,

id. ib. 6, 149; id. M. 14, 429:

an quid est olim homini salute melius?

ever, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 128:

vestra meos olim si fistula dicat amores,

if ever, Verg. E. 10, 34.—

Now for a long time, this good while, long ago (mostly post-Aug.;

not in Cic.): olim non librum in manus sumpsi: olim nescio, quid sit otium,

Plin. Ep. 8, 9, 1:

audio quid veteres olim moneatis amici,

Juv. 6, 346:

nullas mihi epistulas mittas,

Plin. Ep. 1, 11, 1:

provisum erat,

Tac. A. 13, 15:

corruptis moribus,

id. ib. 14, 15:

olim jam nec perit quicquam mihi nec acquiritur,

Sen. Ep. 77, 3.—

Of the future, one day, on a future day, at a future time, hereafter (rare but class.): audire edepol lubet. St. Primum omnium olim terra quom proscinditur, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 122:

utinam coram tecum olim, potius quam per epistulas!

Cic. Att. 11, 4, 1:

exoriare aliquis ultor...Nunc, olim, quocumque dabunt se tempore vires,

Verg. A. 4, 625; cf.:

non si male nunc et olim Sic erit,

Hor. C. 2, 10, 17:

forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit,

Verg. A. 1, 203:

numquid ego illi Imprudens olim faciam simile?

Hor. S. 1, 4, 137:

vir nominabitur,

Quint. 10, 1, 104.

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.