Alternative forms

• *excadē̆re (vulgar)
  • excadō (Medieval Latin)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɛks.kɪ.doː]Category:Latin 3-syllable words#EXCIDOCategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#EXCIDO
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛks.t͡ʃi.do]Category:Latin 3-syllable words#EXCIDOCategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#EXCIDO

Verb

excidō (present infinitive excidere, perfect active excidī)Category:Latin lemmas#EXCIDOCategory:Latin verbs#EXCIDOCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#EXCIDOCategory:Pages with entries#EXCIDOCategory:Pages with 1 entry#EXCIDO; third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

2. to fall out, from or down, tumble to the ground, collapse, break down, drop

   Sī quandō in puerīs ante alter dēns nāscitur quam prior excidat, is quī cadere dēbuit ēvellendus est.

   If ever in children a second tooth appears before the earlier one has fallen out, the one which ought to have fallen out must be uprooted.

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3. to fall out or from involuntarily, slip out, escape
4. to differ from someone's opinion, disagree with, dissent
5. to be lost or forgotten, pass away, perish, disappear
   • 1st c. BC, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum:

     Perterriti voce et vultu confessi sunt [litteras] se accepisse sed excidisse in via.

     With a terrified voice and face they confessed that they did receive the letter but lost them on the road.

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6. to lose oneself, fail; faint, swoon
7. to slip out, away or escape from memory, i.e. forget
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.25–26:

     necdum etiam causae īrārum saevīque dolōrēs exciderant animō.

     Nor even now had the causes of [Juno’s] anger and bitter sorrows slipped from her mind.

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8. (with ablative) to be deprived of, miss, fail to obtain, forfeit, lose

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛksˈkiː.doː]Category:Latin 3-syllable words#EXCIDOCategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#EXCIDO
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [eksˈt͡ʃiː.do]Category:Latin 3-syllable words#EXCIDOCategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#EXCIDO

Verb

excīdō (present infinitive excīdere, perfect active excīdī, supine excīsum)Category:Latin lemmas#EXCIDOCategory:Latin verbs#EXCIDOCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#EXCIDOCategory:Pages with entries#EXCIDOCategory:Pages with 1 entry#EXCIDO; third conjugation

2. to cut or hew out, off, or down

   excīdō virīlitātem ― I castrate, geldCategory:Latin terms with usage examples#EXCIDO

   Adeō fortis erat ut arborēs pugnō excīderet.

   He was so strong that he could cut down trees with his fist.

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3. to raze, demolish, lay waste, destroy
4. (figuratively) to extirpate, remove, banish
5. (in a quarry) to cut out, hollow out, excavate