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(verb) : ex-cīdo, īdi, īsum, 3, 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
(verb) : ex-cĭdo, cĭdi, 3, 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.
* 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.
* (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 causā; v. cado, II.),Suet. Claud. 14; Sen. Clem. 2, 3.
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