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accido

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accido

  1. first-person singular present indicative of accidere

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Etymology 1

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From ad- +‎ cadō (fall).

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accidō (present infinitive accidere, perfect active accidī); third conjugation, no supine stem

  1. (intransitive) to fall down, upon, at or near; descend
    Synonyms: corruō, incidō, cadō, incurrō, occidō, ruō
    Antonym: orior
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.359–360:
      annuit, et mōtīs flōrēs cecidēre capillīs,
      accidere in mēnsās ut rosā missa solet
      She nodded her assent and, with her hair having been shaken, flowers fell, just as a rose is wont to descend upon a table.
      (The goddess Flora (mythology) adorned herself with flowers; during ancient feasts, wealthy Romans sometimes delighted their guests by cascading flowers onto the banquet tables.)
  2. (intransitive) to happen (to), take place, occur, befall
    Synonyms: interveniō, ēveniō, obveniō, expetō, obtingō, incurrō, accēdō, incidō, intercidō, contingō, fīō
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  • *ad-cad-ēscere
    • Old Spanish: acaesçer, acaecer

Etymology 2

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From ad- +‎ caedō (cut; strike).

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Verb

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accīdō (present infinitive accīdere, perfect active accīdī, supine accīsum); third conjugation

  1. (transitive) to begin to cut or cut into or through; fell, cut down
  2. (transitive) to use up, consume, diminish
  3. (transitive) to impair, weaken, shatter, break down, destroy
  4. (reflexive, intransitive) to become corrupted, fallen into ruin
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References

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  • accido”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • accido”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • accido in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • accido in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to come to some one's ears: ad aures alicuius (not alicui) pervenire, accidere
    • to fall at some one's feet: ad pedes alicuius accidere
    • if anything should happen to me; if I die: si quid (humanitus) mihi accidat or acciderit
    • it is most fortunate that..: peropportune accidit, quod
    • a thing has happened contrary to my expectation: aliquid mihi nec opinanti, insperanti accidit
    • it happened miraculously: divinitus accidit