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Lewis Short
(verb) : dē-cīdo, cīdi, cīsum, 3, caedo
* To cut off.
* 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.
* Transf., to cudgel, beat soundly: aliquem verberibus decidere,Dig. 47, 21, 2.
* 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).
* 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.
* With praepp.: cum aliquo,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 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.
* To cut down, reduce, diminish: ad tertiam partem vectigal,Lampr. Alex. Sev. 38.
* To cut off.
* 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.
* Transf., to cudgel, beat soundly: aliquem verberibus decidere,Dig. 47, 21, 2.
* 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).
* 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.
* With praepp.: cum aliquo,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 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.
* To cut down, reduce, diminish: ad tertiam partem vectigal,Lampr. Alex. Sev. 38.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
(verb) : dē-cĭdo, cĭdi, 3, cado
* To fall off, fall down (class.).
* Lit.
* 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. καταπίπτειν), 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. ἐκ θυμοῦ πεσέειν, 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.
* 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.
* To fall off, fall down (class.).
* Lit.
* 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. καταπίπτειν), 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. ἐκ θυμοῦ πεσέειν, 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.
* 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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