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Latin
Etymology 1
From con- + cadō (“fall”).
Pronunciation
Verb
concidō (present infinitive concidere, perfect active concidī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- to fall down or together, tumble to the ground, collapse, break down, drop
- to fall down lifeless in combat, to be slaughtered or slain
- Synonym: cadō
- to fall down faint
- (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
- (figuratively, of the wind) to subside, go down, fall
Conjugation
Etymology 2
From con- + caedō (“cut; strike”).
Pronunciation
Verb
concīdō (present infinitive concīdere, perfect active concīdī, supine concīsum); third conjugation
- to cut up, through, away or to pieces, break up
- (of a person's reputation) to ruin, destroy
- to cut to pieces, beat severely, cudgel soundly, thrash
- 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.
- (figuratively, of discourse) to divide minutely, dismember, render feeble
- (figuratively, by word or deed) to strike down, ruin, destroy, annul
- (figuratively) to confute, deceive, cheat, defraud
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References
- “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, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) credit is going down: fides (vid. sect. IX. 10, note fides has six...) concidit