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concido

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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From con- +‎ cadō (fall).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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concidō (present infinitive concidere, perfect active concidī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to fall down or together, tumble to the ground, collapse, break down, drop
  2. to fall down lifeless in combat, to be slaughtered or slain
    Synonym: cadō
  3. to fall down faint
  4. (figuratively) to lose strength or value; to be overthrown or defeated, fail; decay, perish, waste away, go to ruin
    Synonyms: cadō, senēscō, ēlanguēscō, languēscō, prōlābor, dēgenerō, dēsīdō
  5. (figuratively, of the wind) to subside, go down, fall
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Etymology 2

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From con- +‎ caedō (cut; strike).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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concīdō (present infinitive concīdere, perfect active concīdī, supine concīsum); third conjugation

  1. to cut up, through, away or to pieces, break up
  2. (of a person's reputation) to ruin, destroy
  3. to cut to pieces, beat severely, cudgel soundly, thrash
  4. 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.
  5. (figuratively, of discourse) to divide minutely, dismember, render feeble
  6. (figuratively, by word or deed) to strike down, ruin, destroy, annul
  7. (figuratively) to confute, deceive, cheat, defraud
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References

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  • 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