percido
Latin
Etymology
From per- + caedō (“cut; strike”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɛrˈkiː.doː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [perˈt͡ʃiː.d̪o]
Verb
percīdō (present infinitive percīdere, perfect active percīdī, supine percīsum); third conjugation
- (transitive) to cut or beat to pieces, smash
- (transitive) to cut to pieces, rout entirely, destroy
- (transitive, vulgar) to sodomize, commit sodomy with
- Synonym: pēdīcō
- c. 100 CE, anonymous, Carmina Priapea 13:
- Percīdēre puer, moneō, futuēre puella;
barbātum fūrem tertia poena manet.- You will be sodomized, boy, and you will be fucked, girl - the third punishment is destined for the bearded thief.
- Percīdēre puer, moneō, futuēre puella;
Conjugation
Conjugation of percīdō (third conjugation)
Related terms
References
- “percido”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- percido in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.