accido

accido

1. first-person singular present indicative of accidere

• accodi, doccia, occida

From ad- +‎ cadō (“fall”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈak.kɪ.doː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈat.t͡ʃi.do]

accidō (present infinitive accidere, perfect active accidī); third conjugation, no passive, 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 rosa 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

• *ad-cad-ēscere
  • Old Spanish: acaesçer, acaecer
    • Spanish: acaecer

From ad- +‎ caedō (“cut; strike”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [akˈkiː.doː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [atˈt͡ʃiː.do]

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

   Synonyms: cōnsūmō, absūmō, hauriō, exhauriō, abūtor, terō, atterō, conterō, dēterō, adedō, ēnecō, effundō, peragō

3. (transitive) to diminish

   Synonyms: dīminuō, minuō

4. (transitive) to impair, weaken
5. (transitive) to shatter, break down

   Synonyms: feriō, mulcō, tangō, percutiō, pellō, discutiō, percellō, afflīgō, impingō, pulsō, ī̆cō, caedō, verberō

6. (transitive) to destroy

   Synonyms: ruīnō, dīruō, perdō, aboleō, dēstruō, dēvāstō, ēvāstō, vāstō, occīdō, tollō, exscindō, sepeliō, populor, interimō, perimō, absūmō, trucīdō, impellō

   Antonyms: ēmendō, reficiō, reparō, corrigō, medeor

7. (reflexive, intransitive) to become corrupted, fallen into ruin

• “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 (2003-2026), 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