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|lnetxt=accidens accidentis N N :: [[accidental happening]], [[chance event]], [[contingency]]; [[accident]], [[circumstance]]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>accĭdens</b>: entis.<br /><b>I</b> P. a. fr. accĭdo.—<br /><b>II</b> As subst. n.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> The [[accidental]], nonessential [[quality]] of [[any]] [[thing]], tò sumbebhko/stò sumbebhko/s> (opp. [[substantia]], the Greek [[οὐσία]]): [[causa]], [[tempus]], [[locus]], [[occasio]]… rerum sunt [[accidentia]], the [[accidental]] or [[extraneous]] circumstances, Quint. 5, 10, 23; so 3, 6, 36; 4, 2, 130: ex accidentibus (= epithetis), id. 8, 3, 70; [[hence]], an adjective, Macr. S. 1, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> An [[accident]] or [[chance]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In gen., Dig. 35, 2, 51: per [[accidens]], [[accidentally]], Firm. Math. 5, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In [[part]]., an [[unfortunate]] [[circumstance]]: [[accidentia]] (opp. prospera), Pseudo-Quint. Decl.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>accĭdēns</b>,¹⁴ entis, n., du part. prés. d’[[accido]] pris subst<sup>t</sup> :<br /><b>1</b> accident [opposé à substance], manière d’être accidentelle, [[non]] essentielle, accessoire ; [employé au pluriel] : Sen. Const. 9, 1 ; Quint. 3, 6, 36 ; [le sing. [[est]] de la décadence]<br /><b>2</b> accident, cas fortuit : [[per]] [[accidens]], par hasard ; ex accidenti, accidentellement : [décad.]<br /><b>3</b> événement malheureux, accident fâcheux [au plur.] : Sen. Ep. 120, 12 ; Ps. Quint. Decl. 4, 11 ; 5, 1.
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{{Georges
|georg=accidēns, dentis, n. (eig. Partic. v. [[accido]]), I) das Zufällige, Unwesentliche, [[Äußere]] an [[irgend]] [[einer]] [[Sache]], [[ein]] zufälliger, unwesentlicher [[Umstand]], το συμβεβηκός, im Plur. Sen. de const. sap. 9, 1. Quint. 3, 6, 36. Prisc. 3, 2, im Singul. [[erst]] [[bei]] Spät. – II) der [[Zufall]], per [[accidens]], [[zufälligerweise]], Iul. Firm. u. Plin. Val.: ex accidenti, Aquil. Rom. 16. Serv. Verg. Aen. 1, 40. Iulian. dig. 35, 2, 51. – Insbes.: a) = [[σύμπτωμα]], [[ein]] Krankheitszufall, -umstand, [[ein]] [[Symptom]], Cael. Aur. acut. 1, 10, 71 u.a.: Plur., ibid. 2, 35, 184. – b) emphat. = unglücklicher [[Zufall]], unglückliches [[Ereignis]], Unfall, [[accidentia]] (Ggstz. prospera), Ps. Quint. decl. u. Amm.; vgl. Burmann zu Ps. Quint. decl. 5, 1. p. 104. – Adv. accidenter, Spät.
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