excido

Alternative forms

• *excadē̆re (vulgar)
  • excadō (Medieval Latin)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈeks.ki.doː/, [ˈɛks̠kɪd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈeks.t͡ʃi.do/, [ˈɛkst͡ʃid̪o]

Verb

excidō (present infinitive excidere, perfect active excidī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

2. to fall out, from or down, tumble to the ground, collapse, break down, drop
3. to fall out or from involuntarily, slip out, escape
4. to differ from someone's opinion, disagree with, dissent
5. to be lost or forgotten, pass away, perish, disappear
   • 1st c. BC, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum :

     Perterriti voce et vultu confessi sunt [litteras] se accepisse sed excidisse in via.

     With a terrified voice and face they confessed that they did receive the letter but lost them on the road.

6. to lose oneself, fail; faint, swoon
7. to slip out, away or escape from memory, i.e. forget
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.25–26:

     necdum etiam causae īrārum saevīque dolōrēs exciderant animō.

     Nor even now had the causes of [Juno’s] anger and bitter sorrows slipped from her mind.

8. (with ablative) to be deprived of, miss, fail to obtain, forfeit, lose

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eksˈkiː.doː/, [ɛks̠ˈkiːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eksˈt͡ʃi.do/, [eksˈt͡ʃiːd̪o]

Verb

excīdō (present infinitive excīdere, perfect active excīdī, supine excīsum); third conjugation

2. to cut or hew out, off, or down

   excīdō virīlitātem ― I castrate, geld

3. to raze, demolish, lay waste, destroy
4. (figuratively) to extirpate, remove, banish
5. (in a quarry) to cut out, hollow out, excavate