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|lshtext=<b>occīdo</b>: (obc-), cīdi, cīsum, 3 (occisit for occiderit, Lex Num. Pompil. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. occisum. pp. 178 and 179; also Lex XII. Tab. ap. Macr. S. 1, 4), v. a. ob-[[caedo]],<br /><b>I</b> to [[strike]] [[down]], [[strike]] to the [[ground]]; to [[beat]], [[smash]], [[crush]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen. ([[very]] [[rare]]): aliquem pugnis, Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 20: occare id est comminuere, ne [[sit]] [[glaeba]]: [[quod]] ita occidunt, occare [[dictum]], to [[crush]], Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 1: occisum ad mortem, wounded to [[death]], Vulg. Apoc. 13, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., to [[strike]] or [[cut]] [[down]]; to [[cut]] [[off]], [[kill]], [[slay]] ([[class]]. and [[very]] freq.; syn.: [[interficio]], [[trucido]], [[obtrunco]]): [[summus]] ibi capitur [[meddix]]: occiditur [[alter]], Enn. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll. (Ann. v. 296 Vahl.): L. [[Virginius]] filiam suā manu occidit, Cic. Fin. 2, 20, 66: ejus copias, id. Phil. 14, 14, 36: [[ipse]] pro castris fortissime pugnans occiditur, Caes. B. G. 5, 36: occidione occidere, to [[completely]] [[cut]] [[off]], [[destroy]]; v. [[occidio]]: ad unum omnes, to [[cut]] [[off]] all to the [[last]] [[man]], Liv. 3, 23: aliquem [[veneno]], to [[destroy]] [[with]] [[poison]], Suet. Claud. 44; Just. 3, 2, 1: [[occisus]] videtur non [[tantum]] qui per vim aut per caedem [[interfectus]] est, [[velut]] jugulatus ... sed et is qui [[veneno]] Necatus dicitur, Paul. Sent. 3, 5, 2 sqq.; cf.: et occidet eum [[lingua]] viperae, Vulg. Job, 20, 16: occisa sunt in terrae motu, id. Apoc. 11, 13: dedistine ei [[gladium]] qui se occideret? Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 92: cum [[ipse]] se conaretur occidere, Cic. ap. Quint. 5, 10, 69; so, se occidere, Curt. 6, 10, 18; Quint. 7, 3, 7; Suet. Vit. 10; Eutr. 1, 8; 6, 24; Lact. 3, 18, 8; cf.: occidit, adversariumne? [[immo]] [[vero]] aiunt se et eum, quem defendit, Cic. de Or. 2, 74, 302.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> To [[plague]] to [[death]]; to [[torture]], [[torment]], [[pester]] (cf. [[exanimo]], II. B.; [[very]] [[rare]]; not in Cic. or Cæs.): occidis me, cum [[istuc]] rogitas, Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 21: aliā occidis fabulā, id. Men. 5, 5, 23: occidis [[saepe]] rogando, Hor. Epod. 14, 5: legendo, id. A. P. 475.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> To [[ruin]], [[undo]]: occidisti me tuis fallaciis, Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 67.—Hence, oc-cīsus, a, um, P. a., [[ruined]], [[lost]], [[unfortunate]], [[undone]] (Plautin.): occisa est haec res, [[nisi]], etc., Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 7.—Sup.: occisissimus [[sum]] omnium, qui vivunt, I am the [[most]] [[unfortunate]], Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 53.<br /><b>occĭdo</b>: cĭdi, cāsum, 3, v. n. obcado,<br /><b>I</b> to [[fall]] [[down]], [[fall]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen. ([[rare]]): et [[alia]] Signa de [[caelo]] ad terram occidunt, Plaut. Rud. prol. 8: ut alii [[super]] alios occiderent, Liv. 21, 35: arbores ita inciderant, ut momento levi impulsae occiderent, id. 23, 24.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of the [[heavenly]] bodies, to go [[down]], [[set]] ([[class]].): [[prope]] jam occidente [[sole]], Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24: soles occidere, et redire possunt: Nobis, cum [[semel]] occidit [[brevis]] lux, Nox est perpetua una dormienda, Cat. 5, 4: Capra, [[Aquila]], Canicula, Col. 11, 2, 94: occasura [[pars]] caeli, i. e. [[western]], Plin. 2, 25, 23, § 92: SOL OCCASVS SVPREMA TEMPESTAS ESTO, i. e. sundown, [[sunset]], Lex XII. Tab.; cf. Gell. 17, 2, 10 (Varr. L. L. 6, § 5 Müll., gives, [[instead]] of it, OCCASVS SOLIS; v. 2. [[occasus]]); so, [[ante]] solem obcasum, [[before]] [[sunset]], Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 41: [[donec]] lux occidat, Juv. 13, 158.—Fig.: non occidet [[ultra]] sol [[tuus]], Vulg. Isa. 60, 20.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pregn., to [[fall]], [[perish]], [[die]] ([[class]].; syn.: [[obeo]], [[pereo]], [[intereo]]): exstincto calore, occidimus ipsi et extinguimur, Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 23: in [[bello]], id. Fam. 9, 5, 2: [[Eudemus]] proelians ad Syracusas occidit, id. Div. 1, 25, 53: sperans hostium saevitiā [[facile]] eum occasurum, Sall. J. 7, 2: occiderit ferro [[Priamus]]? Verg. A. 2, 581: dextrā suā, to [[die]] by one's [[own]] [[hand]] (by [[suicide]]), id. ib. 12, 659: minimo vulnere, Ov. M. 6, 265.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., to [[perish]], be [[ruined]], [[lost]], etc.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Of persons: [[sin]] [[plane]] occidimus, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 4.—So, esp., occidi, an [[exclamation]] of [[despair]], I am [[lost]], [[undone]], Plaut. Stich. 2, 3, 75; Ter. And. 3, 4, 26: nulla [[sum]], nulla [[sum]]: tota tota occidi, Plaut. Cas. 3, 5, 1: occidimus [[funditus]], Verg. A. 11, 413.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Of things: non [[hercle]] occiderunt mihi [[etiam]] fundique [[atque]] [[aedes]], I [[have]] not [[yet]] [[lost]], Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 72: occidit [[spes]] nostra, is [[gone]], id. Most. 2, 1, 2: [[lumen]] (oculorum), Lucr. 3, 414: [[dolus]], Plaut. Truc. 2, 5, 6: [[causa]], Lucr. 2, 790: rem publicam occidere, Cic. Dom. 30, 96: [[vita]], id. Tusc. 1, 45, 109: occidit [[ornatus]] (mundi), perishes, id. Ac. 2, 38, 119: vestra beneficia occasura esse, id. Mil. 36, 100.—Hence, occĭdens, entis, P. a.; as subst., m., the [[quarter]] of the setting [[sun]], the [[west]], the occident ([[class]].): ab oriente ad occidentem, Cic. N. D. 2, 66, 164: vel occidentis [[usque]] ad [[ultimum]] [[sinum]], Hor. Epod. 1, 13: cui se [[oriens]] occidensque submiserat, Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112: validissima in se civium [[arma]] viribus occidentis coepta, Tac. H. 2, 6: partes mundi, Paul. ex Fest. p. 339 Müll.<br /><b>occīdo</b>: for [[occedo]], q. v.
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|gf=(1) <b>occĭdō</b>,⁹ cĭdī, cāsum, ĕre (ob et [[cado]]), intr.,<br /><b>1</b> tomber à terre : arbores momento [[levi]] impulsæ occidebant Liv. 23, 24, 7, les arbres sous une impulsion légère tombaient à terre, cf. Pl. Rud. 8 ; Liv. 21, 35, 12<br /><b>2</b> tomber, succomber, périr : Cic. Br. 4 ; 267 ; Div. 1, 53 ; Tusc. 1, 18 ; 1, 93 ; Læl. 104 ; Mil. 100, etc. ; [[securis]], [[qua]] [[multi]] occiderunt Cic. Phil. 2, 51, la hache sous laquelle beaucoup périrent ; occidit a forti Achille Ov. M. 13, 597, il succomba sous les coups du vaillant Achille &#124;&#124; [fig.] être perdu, anéanti : Pl. Cas. 621 ; St. 401, etc. ; Cic. Q. 1, 4, 4<br /><b>3</b> [en parl. des astres] tomber = se coucher : solem occidentem videre Cic. Fin. 2, 23, voir le soleil se coucher, cf. Cic. Nat. 2, 105 ; occidente sole Cic. Tusc. 1, 94, au coucher du soleil &#124;&#124; [fig.] [[vita]] [[occidens]] Cic. Tusc. 1, 109, la vie à son déclin &#124;&#124; [noter le part. [[occasus]] ] [[sol]] [[occasus]], le coucher du soleil : XII T. d. Gell. 17, 2, 10 [mais v. [[Varro]] L. 6, 5 ] ; [[ante]] solem occasum Pl. Epid. 144 ; Men. 437, avant le coucher du soleil ; ad solem occasum Pl. Men. 1022, jusqu’au coucher du soleil, cf. Lucil. Sat. 55 ; Gell. 14, 7, 8.<br />(2) <b>occīdō</b>,⁷ cīdī, cīsum, ĕre (ob et cædo), tr.,<br /><b>1</b> couper, mettre en morceaux, réduire [la terre] en miettes : [[Varro]] R. 1, 31, 1 &#124;&#124; abattre en frappant : aliquem pugnis Ter. Ad. 559, assommer qqn de coups de poing<br /><b>2</b> tuer, faire périr : Cic. Mil. 8 ; 25 ; Fin. 2, 65, etc. ; se occidere Cic. Fr. A 3, 1 ( Quint. 5, 10, 69 ), se tuer, cf. Pl. Trin. 129 ; Curt. 6, 10, 18 ; Quint. 7, 3, 7<br /><b>3</b> [fig.] <b> a)</b> tuer = causer la perte de : Cic. de Or. 2, 302 ; Ter. Phorm. 672 ; <b> b)</b> tuer = assommer, obséder, importuner : Pl. Ps. 931 ; Hor. Epo. 14, 5 ; P. 475. arch. occisit = occiderit, v. Fest. 178, 21 ; Macr. Sat. 1, 4, 19.|
|[fig.] être perdu, anéanti : Pl. Cas. 621 ; St. 401, etc. ; Cic. Q. 1, 4, 4<br /><b>3</b> [en parl. des astres] tomber=se coucher : solem occidentem videre Cic. Fin. 2, 23, voir le soleil se coucher, cf. Cic. Nat. 2, 105 ; occidente sole Cic. Tusc. 1, 94, au coucher du soleil||[fig.] [[vita]] [[occidens]] Cic. Tusc. 1, 109, la vie à son déclin||[noter le part. [[occasus]] ] [[sol]] [[occasus]], le coucher du soleil : XII T. d. Gell. 17, 2, 10 [mais v. [[Varro]] L. 6, 5 ] ; [[ante]] solem occasum Pl. Epid. 144 ; Men. 437, avant le coucher du soleil ; ad solem occasum Pl. Men. 1022, jusqu’au coucher du soleil, cf. Lucil. Sat. 55 ; Gell. 14, 7, 8.<br />(2) <b>occīdō</b>,⁷ cīdī, cīsum, ĕre (ob et cædo), tr.,<br /><b>1</b> couper, mettre en morceaux, réduire [la terre] en miettes : [[Varro]] R. 1, 31, 1|
|abattre en frappant : aliquem pugnis Ter. Ad. 559, assommer qqn de coups de poing<br /><b>2</b> tuer, faire périr : Cic. Mil. 8 ; 25 ; Fin. 2, 65, etc. ; se occidere Cic. Fr. A 3, 1 ( Quint. 5, 10, 69 ), se tuer, cf. Pl. Trin. 129 ; Curt. 6, 10, 18 ; Quint. 7, 3, 7<br /><b>3</b> [fig.] <b> a)</b> tuer=causer la perte de : Cic. de Or. 2, 302 ; Ter. Phorm. 672 ; <b> b)</b> tuer = assommer, obséder, importuner : Pl. Ps. 931 ; Hor. Epo. 14, 5 ; P. 475. arch. occisit = occiderit, v. Fest. 178, 21 ; Macr. Sat. 1, 4, 19.
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