Lewis Short
excĭdĭum (noun N) : excĭdo
* A going down, setting: solis,Prud. Apoth. 694.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
excĭdĭum | exscidium (noun N) : (sometimes written , as if from exscindo), , usually referred to ex-cīdo
* Overthrow, demolition, subversion, ruin (especially of cities, buildings, etc.), destruction (not freq. till the Aug. per.; not in Caes. and Cic.): urbis,Liv. 27, 39 fin.; Tac. H. 1, 80; 3, 76; Verg. A. 5, 626.—In plur.: petit urbem excidiis,Verg. G. 2, 505; id. A. 2, 643; 10, 46; Liv. 9, 45; 29, 1 al.: castellorum,Tac. H. 4, 15: arcium,Verg. A. 12, 655: Libyae,id. ib. 1, 22: gentium,Vell. 2, 98, 2; Tac. H. 5, 25; cf. Cretensium,Sall. H. Fragm. p. 290 ed. Gerl.: legionum,Tac. H. 4, 61: meorum,Verg. A. 8, 386 et saep.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary