accido

accido

1. first-person singular present indicative of accidere

• accodi, doccia, occida

From ad- +‎ cadō (“fall”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈak.ki.doː/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈat.t͡ʃi.do/,

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

• accidēns
• accidentia

• *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): /atˈt͡ʃi.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, diminish
3. (transitive) to impair, weaken, shatter, break down, destroy
4. (reflexive, intransitive) to become corrupted, fallen into ruin

• (use up): cōnsūmō, absūmō, hauriō, exhauriō, abūtor, terō, atterō, conterō, dēterō, adedō, eneco, effundo, perago
• (diminish): diminuo, minuo
• (shatter): ferio, tango, percutio, pello, discutio, percello, affligo, impingo, pulsō, ico, caedo, verbero
• (destroy): ruīnō, diruō, perdō, aboleō, dēstruō, dēvāstō, ēvāstō, vāstō, occidō, tollō, exscindō, sepeliō, populor, interimō, perimō, absūmō, trucīdō, impellō

• (antonym(s) of “destroy”): ēmendō, reficiō, reparō, corrigō, medeor

• accīsus

• “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, 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