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accido
accido
Latin
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈak.ki.doː/
Verb
accidō (present infinitive accidere, perfect active accidī); third conjugation, no passive
- (transitive) I fall down, upon, at or near; descend.
- (intransitive) I happen (to), take place, occur, befall.
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Etymology 2
From ad- + caedō (“cut; strike”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /akˈkiː.doː/
Verb
accīdō (present infinitive accīdere, perfect active accīdī, supine accīsum); third conjugation
- I begin to cut or cut into or through; fell, cut down.
- I use up, consume, diminish.
- I impair, weaken, shatter.
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References
- 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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “accido”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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
- to come to some one's ears: ad aures alicuius (not alicui) pervenire, accidere