(v. a.P. a.) : occīdo (obc-), cīdi, cīsum, 3 (occisit for occiderit, Lex Num. Pompil. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. occisum. pp. 178 and 179; also Lex XII. Tab. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4), v. a. ob-caedo
* To strike down, strike to the ground; to beat, smash, crush.
* Lit.
* In gen. (very rare): aliquem pugnis,Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 20: occare id est comminuere, ne sit glaeba: quod ita occidunt, occare dictum,to crush,Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 1: occisum ad mortem,wounded to death,Vulg. Apoc. 13, 3.
* Transf.
* To plague to death; to torture, torment, pester (cf. exanimo, II. B.; very rare; not in Cic. or Caes.): occidis me, cum istuc rogitas,Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 21: aliā occidis fabulā,id. Men. 5, 5, 23: occidis saepe rogando,Hor. Epod. 14, 5: legendo,id. A. P. 475.
* To ruin, undo: occidisti me tuis fallaciis,Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 67.—Hence, oc-cīsus, a, um, P. a., ruined, lost, unfortunate, undone (Plautin.): occisa est haec res, nisi, etc.,Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 7.—Sup.: occisissimus sum omnium, qui vivunt,I am the most unfortunate,Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 53.

(verb) : occĭdo, cĭdi, cāsum, 3, obcado
* To fall down, fall.
* Lit.
* In gen. (rare): et alia Signa de caelo ad terram occidunt,Plaut. Rud. prol. 8: ut alii super alios occiderent, Liv. 21, 35: arbores ita inciderant, ut momento levi impulsae occiderent,id. 23, 24.
* Transf., to perish, be ruined, lost, etc.
* Of the heavenly bodies, to go down, set (class.): prope jam occidente sole, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24: soles occidere, et redire possunt: Nobis, cum semel occidit brevis lux, Nox est perpetua una dormienda,Cat. 5, 4: Capra, Aquila, Canicula,Col. 11, 2, 94: occasura pars caeli,i. e. western,Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 92: SOL OCCASVS SVPREMA TEMPESTAS ESTO, i. e. sundown, sunset, Lex XII. Tab.; cf. Gell. 17, 2, 10 (Varr. L. L. 6, § 5 Müll., gives, instead of it, OCCASVS SOLIS; v. 2. occasus); so, ante solem obcasum,before sunset,Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 41: donec lux occidat,Juv. 13, 158.—Fig.: non occidet ultra sol tuus,Vulg. Isa. 60, 20.
* Pregn., to fall, perish, die (class.; syn.: obeo, pereo, intereo): exstincto calore, occidimus ipsi et extinguimur,Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 23: in bello,id. Fam. 9, 5, 2: Eudemus proelians ad Syracusas occidit,id. Div. 1, 25, 53: sperans hostium saevitiā facile eum occasurum,Sall. J. 7, 2: occiderit ferro Priamus?Verg. A. 2, 581: dextrā suā, to die by one's own hand (by suicide), id. ib. 12, 659: minimo vulnere,Ov. M. 6, 265.
* Of persons: sin plane occidimus,Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 4.—So, esp., occidi, an exclamation of despair, I am lost, undone, Plaut. Stich. 2, 3, 75; Ter. And. 3, 4, 26: nulla sum, nulla sum: tota tota occidi,Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 1: occidimus funditus,Verg. A. 11, 413.
* Of things: non hercle occiderunt mihi etiam fundique atque aedes,I have not yet lost,Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 72: occidit spes nostra,is gone,id. Most. 2, 1, 2: lumen (oculorum),Lucr. 3, 414: dolus,Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 6: causa,Lucr. 2, 790: rem publicam occidere,Cic. Dom. 30, 96: vita,id. Tusc. 1, 45, 109: occidit ornatus (mundi),perishes,id. Ac. 2, 38, 119: vestra beneficia occasura esse,id. Mil. 36, 100.—Hence, occĭdens, entis, P. a.; as subst., m., the quarter of the setting sun, the west, the occident (class.): ab oriente ad occidentem,Cic. N. D. 2, 66, 164: vel occidentis usque ad ultimum sinum,Hor. Epod. 1, 13: cui se oriens occidensque submiserat,Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112: validissima in se civium arma viribus occidentis coepta,Tac. H. 2, 6: partes mundi, Paul. ex Fest. p. 339 Müll.

occīdo, for occedo, q. v.

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