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con-cĭdo: cĭdi, 3, v. n. cado,
I to fall together, to fall down, to tumble to the ground (class. in prose and poetry).
I In gen., of buildings: conclave illud concidit, Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 353: navis veluti terrestre machinamentum, Tac. A. 14, 6: turris terrae motu, Suet. Tib. 74; cf.: urbs acerbissimo concidat incendio conflagrata, Auct. Her. 4, 8, 12.—Of other objects: omne caelum, Cic. Rep. 6, 25, 27: ipse et equus ejus ante signum Jovis concidit, id. Div. 1, 35, 77: (alces) infirmas arbores pondere adfligunt atque unā ipsae concidunt, Caes. B. G. 6, 27: pinus bipenni Thessalā, Phaedr. 4, 7, 7: ad terram pondere vasto, Verg. A. 5, 448: sub onere, Liv. 24, 8, 17: pronus in fimo, Verg. A. 5, 333 al.—
II Pregn.
   A To fall down faint or lifeless, to fall in battle or combat (cf. cado, I. B. 2.): concidit, et sonitum simul insuper arma dederunt, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 396 Vahl.): paene in cursu concidi, Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 16: vi morbi coactus concidere, Lucr. 3, 488; cf.: accesserat ad religionem, quod consul concidit, et parte membrorum captus, etc., Liv. 41, 16, 3; 10, 29, 7; cf. Lucr. 6, 759: Entellus concidit, ut quondam cava concidit ... pinus, Verg. A. 5, 448; Ov. M. 7, 538: sanus bibit, statim concidit, Quint. 4, 2, 54; cf.: concidere epoto poculo, id. 5, 13, 15; and: ad primum gustum, Suet. Ner. 33: deficientibus viribus, id. Tib. 73: par quoddam (gladiatorum) mutuis ictibus, id. Claud. 34; cf. Ov. M. 5, 77: Dido usa manu, id. H. 7, 196: sparo percussus, Nep. Epam. 9, 1: in proelio, Cic. Tusc. 1, 37, 89: vitio adversariorum, Nep. Ages. 5, 2.—Of game: multaeque per herbas Conciderant illo percutiente ferae, Ov. H. 4, 94.—Of victims, to be slaughtered or slain, to fall: vitulus ... propter mactatus concidit aras, Lucr. 2, 353; Tib. 1, 2, 62; Ov. M. 8, 764; 10, 272; hence also of Iphigenia, Lucr. 1, 99.—
   B Trop. (cf. cado, II.), to lose strength, value, etc., to fall to the earth, to be overthrown, to fail, be defeated, to decay, perish, fall, to go to ruin, waste away, cease; of the wind, to fall, subside, go down: concidunt venti, Hor. C. 1, 12, 30; Lucr. 4, 509. —Of a flame: jam illa flamma, quae magnā congerie convaluerat, diductis quibus alebatur, concidet, Quint. 5, 13, 13; cf. in a figure: nonne, ut ignis in aquam conjectus continuo restinguitur et refrigeratur, sic refervens falsum crimen in purissimam et castissimam vitam collatum statim concidit et restinguitur? Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 17: macie, to shrink together, shrivel up, Ov. H. 21, 215: illas assumere robora gentes, Concidere has, id. M. 15, 422; cf.: concidit auguris Argivi domus, Hor. C. 3, 16, 11: quā concidit Ilia tellus, Verg. A. 11, 245: eodem anno, quo Carthago concidit, Vell. 1, 13: judicum vocibus fractus reus et unā patroni omnes conciderunt, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 5; cf. id. ib. § 10: ecquis umquam tam ex amplo statu concidit? id. ib. 3, 10, 2: malas causas semper obtinuit, in optimā concidit, id. ib. 7, 25 med.: concidit (Phocion) maxime uno crimine, quod, etc., Nep. Phoc. 2, 4; Tac. A. 16, 21; cf.: Tiberii saevitiā, id. ib. 16, 29: hostes concidunt animis, are disheartened, Hirt. B. G. 8, 19; cf. Cic. Div. 2, 58, 119: scimus Romae solutione impeditā fidem concidisse, failed, was prostrated, id. Imp. Pomp. 7, 19; cf. id. ib. 7, 19 fin.: opes Persarum, Tac. A. 12, 13: senatūs auctoritas, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 7; cf.: imperii majestas, Nep. Pelop. 2, 4; Cic. Or. 43, 148: artificia, id. Ac. 2, 47, 146: praeclara nomina artificum, id. Verr. 2, 4, 6, § 12: omnis ferocia, Liv. 28, 26, 14: bellum, Tac. H. 2, 57 al.
con-cīdo: cīdi, cīsum, 3, v. a. caedo,
I to cut up, cut through, cut away, cut to pieces, to bring to ruin, destroy, etc. (class. in prose and poetry).
I Prop.
   A In gen.: nervos, Cic. Fl. 30, 73: corpus in partes, Petr. 141, 2: vitulum Ajax, id. 59 fin.: ligna, Ov. F. 2, 647: agrum umidiorem fossis, Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 47: concidere et cremare naves, to break up, Liv. 38, 39, 2: essedum argenteum, Suet. Claud. 16: haec minute, Col. 12, 22.—
   B In partic.
   1    To cut to pieces, for to beat severely, cudgel soundly: aliquem virgis, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 122: loris, Juv. 6, 413: pugnis, id. 3, 300.—
   2    To cut to pieces in war, to cut down, destroy, kill: hi novissimos adorti magnam multitudinem eorum fugientium conciderunt, Caes. B. G. 2, 11: eos inopinantes adgressus magnam partem eorum concidit, id. ib. 1, 12; so Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9; id. Att. 5, 16, 4; Nep. Dion, 10, 1; id. Dat. 6, 6; id. Hann. 3, 4.—
   3    In mal. part. (cf. caedo, I. B. 3.), to lie with, Pompon. ap. Non. p. 166, 2; hence caede, concide, in a double sense as an address to gladiators, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155 Zumpt; cf. Lampr. Elag. 10. —
II Trop.
   A Of discourse, to divide minutely, dismember, render feeble: nec minutos numeros sequens concidat delumbetque sententias, Cic. Or. 69, 231; cf.: (sunt qui) infringendis concidendisque numeris in quoddam genus abjectum incidant, id. ib. 69, 230; so also Quint. praef. § 24; cf. id. 3, 11, 21; 5, 10, 91; 11, 3, 53 al.—
   B To strike down, to prostrate, ruin, destroy, annul, by word or deed: omnem auctoritatem universi ordinis, Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 4: Antonium decretis vestris, id. Phil. 5, 11, 28: Vatinium arbitratu nostro, to annihilate, id. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 1; cf.: Sevius adlisus est, ceteri conciduntur, are condemned, id. ib. 2, 4, 6: Timocraten totis voluminibus, to confute, id. N. D. 1, 33, 93: testamentum, to revoke, Dig. 28, 4, 1.—*
   2    In Plaut., to deceive, cheat, defraud: em istic homo te articulatim concidit, Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 52 Ritschl.—Hence, concīsus, a, um, P. a. (in acc. with II. A.), divided, broken up, short, concise: sententiae, Cic. Brut. 17, 66: concisae et angustae disputationes, id. de Or. 2, 14, 61: brevitas, id. ib. 3, 53, 202: brevia illa atque concisa, Quint. 10, 7, 10; cf. thus with brevis, id. 6, 4, 2; and (opp. perpetuus) id. 2, 20, 7; 2, 21, 13; Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 327.—Transf. of the orator Thrasymachus, Cic. Or. 13, 40.—Comp.: insonuerit vox tubae longior atque concisior, Vulg. Jos. 6, 5.—Adv.: concīsē, briefly, concisely: (philosophia) non tam est minute atque concise in actionibus utendum, etc., Quint. 12, 2, 11: ululare, Vulg. Num. 10, 7.

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(1) concĭdō,⁹ ĭdī, ĕre (cum, cado), intr., tomber ensemble, d’un bloc,
1 tomber, s’écrouler, s’effondrer : conclave concidit Cic. de Or. 2, 353, la salle s’écroula ; funibus abscisis antemnæ concidebant Cæs. G. 3, 14, 7, les câbles une fois coupés, les vergues s’abattaient ; si quo afflictæ casu conciderunt (alces) Cæs. G. 6, 27, 2, si (les élans) s’abattent, renversés par quelque accident