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  • 1 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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  • 2 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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  • 3 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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  • 4 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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  • 5 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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  • 6 seco

    sĕco, cŭi, ctum ( part. fut. secaturus, Col. 5, 9, 2), 1, v. a. [root sak-, to cut; whence securis, sĕcula, serra (secra), segmen, sexus, saxum, etc.; cf. sīca, and Gr. keiô, keazô, schizô], to cut, cut off, cut up (class.; syn.: caedo, scindo).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    leges duodecim tabularum, si plures forent, quibus rens esset judicatus, secare, si vellent, atque partiri corpus addicti sibi hominis permiserunt,

    Gell. 20, 1, 48 sq.; cf.:

    et judicatos in partes secari a creditoribus leges erant,

    Tert. Apol. 4:

    cape cultrum, seca Digitum vel aurem,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 38 sq.:

    omne animal secari ac dividi potest, nullum est eorum individuum,

    Cic. N. D. 3, 12, 29: pabulum secari non posse, be cut, mown, * Caes. B. G. 7, 14; so,

    sectae herbae,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 67:

    gallinam,

    to cut to pieces, Juv. 5, 124:

    placenta,

    Mart. 3, 77, 3:

    alicui collum gladio suā dexterā,

    Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 3, 10:

    palatum,

    to divide, Cels. 8, 1:

    tergora in frusta,

    Verg. A. 1, 212: dona auro gravia sectoque elephanto, i. e. of carved, wrought ivory (an imitation of the Homeric pristos elephas, Od. 18, 196), Verg. A. 3, 464:

    marmora,

    Hor. C. 2, 18, 17: sectis nitebat marmoribus, Luc. 10, 114; so absol.:

    nec ideo ferrum secandi vim non perdidit,

    Sen. Ben. 5, 5, 1:

    prave sectus unguis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 104:

    secti lapides,

    Vulg. Exod. 20, 25. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Med. t. t., to cut surgically; to operate on; to cut off or out, amputate, excise, etc.:

    in corpore si quid ejusmodi est, quod reliquo corpori noceat, id uri secarique patimur,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 5, 15; cf.:

    saevitia secandi,

    Plin. 29, 1, 6, § 13; so,

    membra,

    id. 26, 11, 69, § 112:

    vomicam,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 5, 13:

    varices Mario,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 15, 35 (for which, exciditur, Cels. 7, 31); cf. of the same: C. Marius cum secaretur, ut supra dixi, principio vetuit se alligari;

    nec quisquam ante Marium solutus dicitur esse sectus,

    was cut, operated upon, Cic. Tusc. 2, 22, 53:

    servum,

    Just. Inst. 4, 3, 6.—
    2.
    To cut, castrate (very rare):

    puer avari sectus arte mangonis,

    Mart. 9, 7, 4; so,

    sectus Gallus (corresp. to eviratus),

    id. 5, 41, 3.—
    C.
    Transf. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    1.
    To scratch, tear, wound, hurt, injure (cf. caedo, II.):

    ambo (postes) ab infimo tarmes secat,

    the worms are gnawing them, they are wormeaten, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 140:

    luctantis acuto ne secer ungui,

    lest I should be torn, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 47; cf.:

    rigido sectas invenit ungue genas,

    Ov. F. 6, 148:

    teneras plantas tibi (glacies),

    Verg. E. 10, 49:

    corpora vepres,

    id. G. 3, 444:

    crura (sentes),

    Ov. M. 1, 509:

    pete ferro Corpus et intorto verbere terga seca,

    cut, lacerate, Tib. 1, 9, 22; so,

    sectus flagellis,

    Hor. Epod. 4, 11:

    loris,

    Mart. 10, 5, 14 al.:

    si quem podagra secat,

    gnaws, torments, Cat. 71, 2;

    imitated by Martial: podagra cheragraque secatur Gaius,

    Mart. 9, 92, 9.—
    2.
    Like the Gr. temnein, and our to cut, i. e.,
    a.
    To divide, cleave, separate ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    quos (populos) secans interluit Allia,

    Verg. A. 7, 717:

    medios Aethiopas (Nilus),

    Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 53:

    medios agros (Tiberis),

    Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 12:

    medium agmen (Turnus),

    Verg. A. 10, 440:

    agrum (limes),

    Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 331:

    caelum (zonae),

    Ov. M. 1, 46:

    sectus orbis,

    Hor. C. 3, 27, 75; cf.:

    in longas orbem qui secuere vias,

    Ov. Am. 2, 16, 16.—
    b.
    With the idea of motion, to cut through, i. e. to run, sail, fly, swim, go, etc., through:

    delphinum similes, qui per maria umida nando Carpathium Libycumque secant,

    cut through, cleave, Verg. A.5, 595:

    aequor,

    id. ib. 5, 218:

    pontum,

    id. ib. 9, 103:

    aequor Puppe,

    Ov. M. 11, 479:

    fretum puppe,

    id. ib. 7, 1; cf.:

    vada nota (amnis),

    id. ib. 1, 370:

    ales avis... geminis secat aëra pennis,

    Cic. Arat. 48:

    aethera pennis (avis),

    Verg. G. 1, 406; 1, 409:

    auras (cornus),

    id. A. 12, 268:

    ventos (Cyllenia proles),

    ib. ib. 4, 257:

    sub nubibus arcum (Iris),

    id. ib. 9, 15 et saep.— Secare viam (vias), the Gr. temnein hodon, to take one's way, to travel a road:

    ille viam secat ad naves,

    Verg. A. 6, 899:

    hinc velut diversae secari coeperunt viae,

    Quint. 3, 1, 14.—
    II.
    Trop. (acc. to I. C. 1. and 2.).
    * A.
    To cut up, lash in speaking, i.e. to censure, satirize:

    secuit Lucilius Urbem,

    Pers. 1, 114.—
    B.
    To divide (not freq. till after the Aug. per.):

    cum causas in plura genera secuerunt,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 27, 117:

    haec in plures partes,

    Quint. 8, 6, 13; cf.:

    scrupulose in partes sectā divisionis diligentiā,

    id. 4, 5, 6:

    quae natura singularia sunt secant (corresp. to divido),

    id. 4, 5, 25:

    sectae ad tenuitatem suam vires (just before: distinguendo. dividendo),

    id. 12, 2, 13.—Hence, in Hor., like dirimo (II.), of disputes, to cut off, i.e. to decide them:

    quo multae magnaeque secantur judice lites,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 42: magnas res, to cure (as it were, by a light operation), id. S. 1, 10, 15.—And once in Verg.: secare spem (the figure borrowed from the phrases secare mare, auras, viam): quae cuique est fortuna hodie, quam quisque secat spem, whatever hope each follows, i. e. indulges in, entertains, Verg. A. 10, 107 (secat, sequitur, tenet, habet;

    ut: Ille viam secat ad naves,

    id. ib. 6, 899: unde et sectas dicimus, habitus animorum et instituta philosophiae circa disciplinam, Serv.).

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  • 7 contrucido

    con-trŭcīdo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to hew or cut to pieces, to cut down, to put to the sword, slay (rare, but in good prose).
    I.
    Prop.:

    debilitato corpore et contrucidato se abjecit exanimatus (cf., shortly after, concisum vulneribus),

    Cic. Sest. 37, 79; so,

    plebem immisso milite,

    Sen. Ira, 1, 2, 3:

    universos,

    Suet. Calig. 28; cf. id. ib. 48; id. Ner. 43 al.:

    taurorum opima corpora,

    Sen. Ep. 115, 5:

    bestias ad munus populi comparatas,

    Suet. Caes. 75.—
    * II.
    Trop.:

    hi summi imperii nomine armati rem publicam contrucidaverunt,

    cut in pieces, Cic. Sest. 10, 24 (v. the figure in connection).

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  • 8 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.

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  • 9 carnificō

        carnificō —, —, āre    [carnifex], to cut to pieces, mangle: carnificari (hostes) iacentes, L.
    * * *
    carnificare, carnificavi, carnificatus V
    execute; behead; butcher; cut in pieces, mangle

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  • 10 scido

    I
    scidere, scicidi, - V TRANS
    tear, rend, cut to pieces; tear in rage/grief/despair; (archaic perf. of scido)
    II
    scidere, scidi, scisus V TRANS
    tear, rend, cut to pieces; tear (clothes/hair in rage/grief/despair)

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  • 11 percido

    per-cīdo, cīdi, cīsum ( perf. percecīdi, Flor. 4, 12, 7), 3, v. a. [caedo], to beat or cut to pieces, to smash.
    I.
    In gen.:

    os alicui,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 12; id. Cas. 2, 6, 52; Sen. Q. N. 4, 4, 1.—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    To cut to pieces, rout utterly, destroy:

    exercitum,

    Flor. 3, 20, 10:

    terga hostium,

    id. 4, 12, 7.—
    B.
    In mal. part., i. q. paedicare, Mart. 4, 48, 1; 7, 62, 1 al.; Sen. Prov. 5, 3; Mart. 12, 35, 2; cf.: percisus, paedicatus, pepugismenos, Gloss. Philox.; so,

    too, alicui os, i. q. irrumare,

    Mart. 2, 72, 3 (al. praecisum).

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  • 12 disseco

    dis-sĕco ( dissĭc-), ŭi, ctum, 1, v. a., to cut asunder, cut in pieces, cut up, dissect (post-Aug.;

    esp. freq. in Pliny the elder— cf.: seco, meto, findo, scindo): unionem,

    Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 121:

    pectus,

    id. 11, 37, 70, § 185:

    caput viperae,

    id. 29, 4, 21, § 69:

    mures,

    id. 30, 9, 23, § 76:

    ranas,

    id. 32, 9, 36, § 111:

    multos medios serra,

    Suet. Calig. 27; App. M. 8, p. 214.—
    II.
    Trop.:

    dissecari cordibus suis,

    to be cut to the heart, Vulg. Act. 7, 54 al.

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  • 13 dissico

    dis-sĕco ( dissĭc-), ŭi, ctum, 1, v. a., to cut asunder, cut in pieces, cut up, dissect (post-Aug.;

    esp. freq. in Pliny the elder— cf.: seco, meto, findo, scindo): unionem,

    Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 121:

    pectus,

    id. 11, 37, 70, § 185:

    caput viperae,

    id. 29, 4, 21, § 69:

    mures,

    id. 30, 9, 23, § 76:

    ranas,

    id. 32, 9, 36, § 111:

    multos medios serra,

    Suet. Calig. 27; App. M. 8, p. 214.—
    II.
    Trop.:

    dissecari cordibus suis,

    to be cut to the heart, Vulg. Act. 7, 54 al.

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  • 14 excido

    1.
    ex-cĭdo, cĭdi, 3, v. n. [cado], to fall out or down, to fall from (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    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.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    In partic.
    * 1.
    To dissent, differ from any one's opinion: ego ab Archilocho excido, Lucil. ap. Non. 301, 18.—
    2.
    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.
    b.
    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. —
    c.
    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.—
    3.
    (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.
    2.
    ex-cīdo, īdi, īsum, 3, v. a. [caedo], to cut out or off, to hew out, to cut or hew down (class.).
    I.
    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.—
    B.
    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.—
    II.
    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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > excido

  • 15 proscindo

    prō-scindo, scĭdi, scissum, 3, v. a., to tear open in front, to rend, split, cleave, cut up, cut in pieces ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.:

    ferro proscindere quercum,

    Luc. 3, 434:

    piscem,

    App. Mag. p. 300, 18 and 20:

    spumanti Rhodanus proscindens gurgite campos,

    Sil. 3, 449:

    vulnere pectus,

    Stat. Th. 10, 439:

    fulgure terram,

    Just. 44, 3, 6.—
    B.
    In partic., in agriculture, of the first ploughing, to break up the land: rursum terram cum primum arant, proscindere appellant; cum iterum, offringere dicunt, quod primā aratione glebae grandes solent excitari. Varr. R. R. 1, 29, 2; 1, 27, 2:

    terram transversis adversisque sulcis,

    Col. 3, 13, 4: priusquam ares, proscindito, Cato ap. Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 176: bubulcum autem per proscissum ingredi oportet, the trench, furrow, Col. 2, 2, 25; 3, 13, 4; 11, 2, 32.— Poet., in gen., for arare, to plough: rorulentas terras, Att. ap. Non. p. 395, 22 (Trag. Rel. v. 496 Rib.):

    validis terram proscinde juvencis,

    Verg. G. 2, 237:

    terram pressis aratris,

    Lucr. 5, 209:

    ferro campum,

    Ov. M. 7, 119.—
    2.
    Transf., to cut through, to cleave, furrow ( poet.): rostro ventosum aequor. Cat. 64, 12:

    remo stagna,

    Sil. 8, 603.—
    II.
    Trop., to cut up with words, to censure, satirize, revile, defame:

    aliquem,

    Ov. P. 4, 16, 47:

    equestrem ordinem,

    Suet. Calig. 30:

    aliquem foedissimo convicio,

    id. Aug. 13:

    carminibus proscissus,

    Plin. 36, 6, 7, § 48: aliquem famoso carmine, Suet. Vit. Luc.; Val. Max. 5, 3, 3; 8, 5, 2.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > proscindo

  • 16 conseco

    con-sĕco, cŭi, ctum, 1, v. a. (rare; not in Cic.).
    I.
    To cut up, cut to pieces:

    brassicam,

    Cato, R. R. 157:

    nasturtium minutatim,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 10, 6:

    rapa,

    id. ib. 1, 59, 4:

    membra fratris (Medea),

    Ov. Tr. 3, 9, 34:

    genas,

    to lacerate, Petr. 137, 4.—
    II.
    In Pliny, to cut off, lop, prune:

    surculos,

    Plin. 12, 19, 43, § 96:

    truncum arboris,

    id. 17, 10, 9, § 58; 36, 26, 66, § 193.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > conseco

  • 17 obtrunco

    ob-trunco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to cut off, lop away; to trim, prune.
    I.
    Lit. (post-Aug. and very rare):

    vitem,

    Col. 4, 29, 13.—
    II.
    In gen., to cut down, cut to pieces, kill, slay, slaughter (not in Cic. or Cæs.;

    syn.: trucido, jugulo, occido): ipsus Amphitruo optruncavit regem Pterelam in proelio,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 259: (Medea) puerum interea obtruncat, Poët. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 26, 67: ceteri vice pecorum obtruncabantur, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 497, 27:

    caedere alios, alios obtruncare,

    id. J. 97, 5:

    regem,

    Liv. 1, 5:

    (hostes),

    Sall. J. 67, 2:

    cervos ferro,

    Verg. G. 3, 374:

    gallum,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 4, 10; Liv. 7, 26, 5; 8, 24, 9; 10, 38, 11; Curt. 6, 1, 1; Just. 16, 5, 15; Tac. H. 1, 80; 3, 12.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > obtrunco

  • 18 cōn-secō

        cōn-secō cuī, ctus, āre,    to cut to pieces, cut up: membra fratris, O.

    Latin-English dictionary > cōn-secō

  • 19 con-trucīdō

        con-trucīdō āvī, ātus, are,    to cut to pieces, cut down, put to the sword: corpore contrucidato.— Fig.: rem p.

    Latin-English dictionary > con-trucīdō

  • 20 ob-truncō

        ob-truncō —, ātus, āre,    to cut down, cut to pieces, kill, slay, slaughter: puerum: regem, L.: illum ad aras, V.: cervos ferro, V.: obtruncati circa altaria, L.

    Latin-English dictionary > ob-truncō

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