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Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of occīdō (“fell; slay”).
Participle
occīsus (feminine occīsa, neuter occīsum); first/second-declension participle
- felled, having been felled, cut to the ground, having been cut to the ground; beaten, having been beaten, smashed, having been smashed, crushed, having been crushed
- killed, having been killed, slain, having been slain, slaughtered, having been slaughtered, slew
- (by extension) plagued to death, having been plagued to death, tortured, having been tortured, tormented, having been tormented, pestered, having been pestered
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
References
- “occisus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “occisus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- occisus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.