excidio

Latin

Etymology 1

From excīdō +‎ -iō.

Noun

excīdiō f (genitive excīdiōnis); third declension

1. destruction, destroying

   Synonyms: dēstrūctiō, excidium, lētum, ruīna, pestis, dēmōlītiō, vāstātiō, devāstātiō, perniciēs, perditiō, exitium

   • c. 190 BCE, Plautus, Curculio 534:

     Non ego nunc mediocri incedo iratus iracundia, / sed eapse illa qua excidionem facere condidici oppidis.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	excīdiō	excīdiōnēs
genitive	excīdiōnis	excīdiōnum
dative	excīdiōnī	excīdiōnibus
accusative	excīdiōnem	excīdiōnēs
ablative	excīdiōne	excīdiōnibus
vocative	excīdiō	excīdiōnēs

Etymology 2

See excidium.

Noun

excidiō

1. dative/ablative singular of excidium

References

• “excidio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• excidio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.