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(v. a.adv.) : rĕ-cīdo, di, sum, 3, v. a.caedo
* To cut away, cut down, cut off (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
* Lit.: vepres,Cato, R. R. 2, 4; cf.: malleolos ad imum articulum,Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 160: sceptrum imo de stirpe,Verg. A. 12, 208; for which: laurum imā stirpe,Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 76 (cf. II.): ceras inanes,empty cells,Verg. G. 4, 241: hirsutam barbam falce,Ov. M. 13, 766: caput,id. ib. 9, 71: immedicabile vulnus Ense recidendum est,id. ib. 1, 191: pollicem alicui,Quint. 8, 5, 12: comas,Mart. 1, 32, 4; cf. capillos,Plin. Ep. 7, 27 fin.: ungues,Plin. 10, 35, 52, § 106: columnas,to hew out,Hor. C. 2, 18, 4: fustes,id. ib. 3, 6, 40: ancile ab omni parte recisum,Ov. F. 3, 377: mella,i. e. to take out,Pall. Jun. 7, 2.— Of persons: cuncti simul ense recisi,cut down,Luc. 2, 194.— Poet.: fulgorem sideribus,to rob the stars of their brightness,Stat. Th. 12, 310: gramina morsu,to devour,Calp. Ecl. 2, 45.
* Trop. (borrowed from agriculture), to lop off, cut short, retrench, abridge, diminish: perquam multa recidam ex orationibus Ciceronis,Quint. 12, 10, 52; cf. id. 12, 10, 55: inanem loquacitatem,id. 10, 5, 22: ambitiosa ornamenta, Hor. A. P. 447: omne quod ultra Perfectum traheretur,id. S. 1, 10, 69: nationes partim recisas, partim repressas, * Cic. Prov. Cons. 12, 31: mercedes scaenicorum,Suet. Tib. 34 init.: armaturas mirmillonum,to lessen,id. Calig. 55: ornandi potestatem,Quint. 2, 16, 4: facultatem aliter acquirendi,id. 12, 7, 10: impedimenta,to diminish, obviate,Front. Strat. 4, 1, 7; cf. occupationes,Sen. Q. N. 3 praef.: culpam supplicio,Hor. C. 3, 24, 34; cf.: cum magnis parva mineris Falce recisurum simili te,id. S. 1, 3, 123: vitia a stirpe, Claud. ap. Ruf. 1, 56; and: aliquid priscum ad morem,i. e. to reduce within the limits of ancient manners,Tac. A. 3, 53.—Hence, rĕcīsus, a, um, P.a., shortened, abridged; short, brief: opus,Vell. 2, 89, 1: ea recisa in unum librum coartasse,Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 8.—Comp.: tempus recisius (opp. longius),Dig. 47, 21, 2.— Sup. and adv. do not occur.
* To cut away, cut down, cut off (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
* Lit.: vepres,Cato, R. R. 2, 4; cf.: malleolos ad imum articulum,Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 160: sceptrum imo de stirpe,Verg. A. 12, 208; for which: laurum imā stirpe,Claud. Rapt. Pros. 3, 76 (cf. II.): ceras inanes,empty cells,Verg. G. 4, 241: hirsutam barbam falce,Ov. M. 13, 766: caput,id. ib. 9, 71: immedicabile vulnus Ense recidendum est,id. ib. 1, 191: pollicem alicui,Quint. 8, 5, 12: comas,Mart. 1, 32, 4; cf. capillos,Plin. Ep. 7, 27 fin.: ungues,Plin. 10, 35, 52, § 106: columnas,to hew out,Hor. C. 2, 18, 4: fustes,id. ib. 3, 6, 40: ancile ab omni parte recisum,Ov. F. 3, 377: mella,i. e. to take out,Pall. Jun. 7, 2.— Of persons: cuncti simul ense recisi,cut down,Luc. 2, 194.— Poet.: fulgorem sideribus,to rob the stars of their brightness,Stat. Th. 12, 310: gramina morsu,to devour,Calp. Ecl. 2, 45.
* Trop. (borrowed from agriculture), to lop off, cut short, retrench, abridge, diminish: perquam multa recidam ex orationibus Ciceronis,Quint. 12, 10, 52; cf. id. 12, 10, 55: inanem loquacitatem,id. 10, 5, 22: ambitiosa ornamenta, Hor. A. P. 447: omne quod ultra Perfectum traheretur,id. S. 1, 10, 69: nationes partim recisas, partim repressas, * Cic. Prov. Cons. 12, 31: mercedes scaenicorum,Suet. Tib. 34 init.: armaturas mirmillonum,to lessen,id. Calig. 55: ornandi potestatem,Quint. 2, 16, 4: facultatem aliter acquirendi,id. 12, 7, 10: impedimenta,to diminish, obviate,Front. Strat. 4, 1, 7; cf. occupationes,Sen. Q. N. 3 praef.: culpam supplicio,Hor. C. 3, 24, 34; cf.: cum magnis parva mineris Falce recisurum simili te,id. S. 1, 3, 123: vitia a stirpe, Claud. ap. Ruf. 1, 56; and: aliquid priscum ad morem,i. e. to reduce within the limits of ancient manners,Tac. A. 3, 53.—Hence, rĕcīsus, a, um, P.a., shortened, abridged; short, brief: opus,Vell. 2, 89, 1: ea recisa in unum librum coartasse,Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 8.—Comp.: tempus recisius (opp. longius),Dig. 47, 21, 2.— Sup. and adv. do not occur.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
(verb) : rĕcĭdo, reccidi (better than recidi; cf. Cic. Rep. 2, 8, 14), cāsum (recasurus, Cic. Att. 4, 16, 12; Suet. Aug. 96; Gai. Inst. 1, 127), 3 (with
* E long, Lucr. 1, 857; 1063; 5, 280; Prop. 4 (5), 8, 44; Ov. M. 6, 212; 10, 18; 180; id. R. Am. 611; Juv. 12, 54; Phaedr. 3, 18, 15 al.; prob., also,Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 54, and Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 39; v. the art. re), , to fall back (class., and very freq., esp. in the trop. signif.; but not found in Virg. or Hor.).
* Lit.: neque posse e terris in loca caeli Recidere inferiora,Lucr. 1, 1063: quia et recidant omnia in terras et oriantur e terris,Cic. N. D. 2, 26, 66: ramulum adductum, ut remissus esset, in oculum suum reccidisse,had sprung back, recoiled,id. Div. 1, 54, 123: quem (discum) libratum in auras Misit ... Recidit in solidam longo post tempore terram Pondus,Ov. M. 10, 180: etiam si recta recciderat (navis),Liv. 24, 34; Prop. 4 (5), 8, 44.et saep.: in collum Benjamin,Vulg. Gen. 45, 14.— Absol.: amictum recidentem,Quint. 11, 3, 162.
* (With the idea of cadere predominating.) To fall somewhere, to light upon, happen, occur, = redigi; constr. with ad, in, or an adv. of direction.
* With ad: ex laetitiā et voluptate ad ludum et lacrimas,Cic. Sull. 32, 91: ex liberatore patriae ad Aquilios se Vitelliosque reccidisse, had sunk to a level with the Aquilii and Vitellii, i. e. had come to be regarded as a traitor, Liv. 2, 7: sinere artem musicam Recidere ad paucos, to fall into the possession of a few, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 39: tantum apparatum ad nihilum recidere,to come to naught,Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 27: ad nilum,Lucr. 1, 857; Cic. Or. 70, 233: ad nihil,id. Att. 4, 16, 12.
* With in, Lucr. 5, 280: quae (tela), si viginti quiessem dies, in aliorum vigiliam consulum reccidissent,Cic. Planc. 37, 90; cf. id. Att. 1, 1, 2; id. Phil. 13, 9, 19: rex ut in eam fortunam recideret,Liv. 44, 31 fin.: omnis impensa in cassum recidat,Col. 4, 3, 5: mundi, In quem reccidimus, quidquid mortale creamur,Ov. M. 10, 18.
* With an adv. of direction: huccine tandem omnia recciderunt, ut civis Romanus ... in foro virgis caederetur,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 63, § 163: eo regiae majestatis imperium,Liv. 4, 2: eo res,Quint. 2, 10, 3: illuc, ut, etc.,Juv. 12, 54: ex quantis opibus quo reccidissent Carthaginiensium res,Liv. 30, 42: pleraque, quo debuerint, reccidisse,id. 25, 31; cf. id. 4, 2: quorsum responsum recidat,Cic. Rosc. Com. 15, 43.
* E long, Lucr. 1, 857; 1063; 5, 280; Prop. 4 (5), 8, 44; Ov. M. 6, 212; 10, 18; 180; id. R. Am. 611; Juv. 12, 54; Phaedr. 3, 18, 15 al.; prob., also,Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 54, and Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 39; v. the art. re), , to fall back (class., and very freq., esp. in the trop. signif.; but not found in Virg. or Hor.).
* Lit.: neque posse e terris in loca caeli Recidere inferiora,Lucr. 1, 1063: quia et recidant omnia in terras et oriantur e terris,Cic. N. D. 2, 26, 66: ramulum adductum, ut remissus esset, in oculum suum reccidisse,had sprung back, recoiled,id. Div. 1, 54, 123: quem (discum) libratum in auras Misit ... Recidit in solidam longo post tempore terram Pondus,Ov. M. 10, 180: etiam si recta recciderat (navis),Liv. 24, 34; Prop. 4 (5), 8, 44.et saep.: in collum Benjamin,Vulg. Gen. 45, 14.— Absol.: amictum recidentem,Quint. 11, 3, 162.
* (With the idea of cadere predominating.) To fall somewhere, to light upon, happen, occur, = redigi; constr. with ad, in, or an adv. of direction.
* With ad: ex laetitiā et voluptate ad ludum et lacrimas,Cic. Sull. 32, 91: ex liberatore patriae ad Aquilios se Vitelliosque reccidisse, had sunk to a level with the Aquilii and Vitellii, i. e. had come to be regarded as a traitor, Liv. 2, 7: sinere artem musicam Recidere ad paucos, to fall into the possession of a few, Ter. Hec. prol. alt. 39: tantum apparatum ad nihilum recidere,to come to naught,Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 27: ad nilum,Lucr. 1, 857; Cic. Or. 70, 233: ad nihil,id. Att. 4, 16, 12.
* With in, Lucr. 5, 280: quae (tela), si viginti quiessem dies, in aliorum vigiliam consulum reccidissent,Cic. Planc. 37, 90; cf. id. Att. 1, 1, 2; id. Phil. 13, 9, 19: rex ut in eam fortunam recideret,Liv. 44, 31 fin.: omnis impensa in cassum recidat,Col. 4, 3, 5: mundi, In quem reccidimus, quidquid mortale creamur,Ov. M. 10, 18.
* With an adv. of direction: huccine tandem omnia recciderunt, ut civis Romanus ... in foro virgis caederetur,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 63, § 163: eo regiae majestatis imperium,Liv. 4, 2: eo res,Quint. 2, 10, 3: illuc, ut, etc.,Juv. 12, 54: ex quantis opibus quo reccidissent Carthaginiensium res,Liv. 30, 42: pleraque, quo debuerint, reccidisse,id. 25, 31; cf. id. 4, 2: quorsum responsum recidat,Cic. Rosc. Com. 15, 43.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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