concido
Latin
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɔŋ.kɪ.doː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkɔn̠ʲ.t͡ʃi.d̪o]
Verb
concidō (present infinitive concidere, perfect active concidī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- to fall down or together, tumble to the ground, collapse, break down, drop
- to fall down lifeless in combat, to be slaughtered or slain
- Synonym: cadō
- to fall down faint
- (figuratively) to lose strength or value; to be overthrown or defeated, fail; decay, perish, waste away, go to ruin
- (figuratively, of the wind) to subside, go down, fall
Conjugation
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Etymology 2
From con- + caedō (“cut; strike”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔŋˈkiː.doː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kon̠ʲˈt͡ʃiː.d̪o]
Verb
concīdō (present infinitive concīdere, perfect active concīdī, supine concīsum); third conjugation
- to cut up, through, away or to pieces, break up
- (of a person's reputation) to ruin, destroy
- to cut to pieces, beat severely, cudgel soundly, thrash
- to cut to pieces in war, cut down, destroy, kill
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.12:
- Eos impeditos et inopinantes adgressus magnam partem eorum concidit; reliqui sese fugae mandarunt atque in proximas silvas abdiderunt.
- Attacking them encumbered with baggage, and not expecting him, he cut to pieces a great part of them; the rest betook themselves to flight, and concealed themselves in the nearest woods.
- Eos impeditos et inopinantes adgressus magnam partem eorum concidit; reliqui sese fugae mandarunt atque in proximas silvas abdiderunt.
- (figuratively, of discourse) to divide minutely, dismember, render feeble
- (figuratively, by word or deed) to strike down, ruin, destroy, annul
- (figuratively) to confute, deceive, cheat, defraud
Conjugation
Conjugation of concīdō (third conjugation)
Derived terms
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References
- “concido”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “concido”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- concido in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) credit is going down: fides (vid. sect. IX. 10, note fides has six...) concidit
- (ambiguous) credit is going down: fides (vid. sect. IX. 10, note fides has six...) concidit