caedes
γεγόναμεν γὰρ πρὸς συνεργίαν ὡς πόδες, ὡς χεῖρες, ὡς βλέφαρα, ὡς οἱ στοῖχοι τῶν ἄνω καὶ κάτω ὀδόντων. τὸ οὖν ἀντιπράσσειν ἀλλήλοις παρὰ φύσιν → we are all made for mutual assistance, as the feet, the hands, and the eyelids, as the rows of the upper and under teeth, from whence it follows that clashing and opposition is perfectly unnatural
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
caedes: is (
I gen. plur. regularly caedium, Liv. 1, 13, 3; Just. 11, 13, 9; Flor. 3, 18, 14 al.; but caedum, Sil. 2, 665; 4, 353; 4, 423; 4, 796; 5, 220; 10, 233; Amm. 22, 12, 1; 29, 5, 27; cf. Prisc. p. 771 P), f. caedo.
I Lit.
A In gen., a cutting or lopping off (post-class. and rare): ligni atque frondium caedes, Gell. 19, 12, 7: capilli, qui caede cultrorum desecti, App. M. 3.—
B Esp. (acc. to caedo, I. B. 1.; cf. cado, I. B. 2.), a cutting down, slaughter, massacre, carnage; esp. in battle or by an assassin; murder (usu. class. signif. of the word in prose and poetry; esp. freq. in the histt. in Suet. alone more than twenty times): pugnam caedesque petessit, Lucr. 3, 648: caedem caede accumulantes, id. 3, 71: caedem (the deadly slaughter, conflict) in quā P. Clodius occisus est, Cic. Mil. 5, 12: caedes et occisio, id. Caecil. 14, 41: magistratuum privatorumque caedes, id. Mil. 32, 87: cum in silvā Silā facta caedes esset, id. Brut. 22, 85: notat (Catilina) et designat oculis ad caedem unumquemque nostrum, id. Cat. 1, 1, 2: jam non pugna sed caedes erat, Curt. 4, 15, 32: caedes inde, non jam pugna fuit, Liv. 23, 40, 11: ex mediā caede effugere, id. 23, 29, 15: cum caedibus et incendiis agrum perpopulari, id. 34, 56, 10: silvestres homines... Caedibus et victu foedo deterruit Orpheus, Hor. A. P. 392: magnā caede factā multisque occisis, Nep. Epam. 9, 1: caedes civium, id. ib. 10, 3: caedem in aliquem facere, Sall. J. 31, 13; Liv. 2, 64, 3: edere, id. 5, 45, 8; 40, 32, 6; Just. 2, 11: perpetrare, Liv. 45, 5, 5: committere, Ov. H. 14, 59; Quint. 5, 12, 3; 10, 1, 12; 7, 4, 43; Curt. 8, 2: admittere, Suet. Tib. 37: peragere, Luc. 3, 580: abnuere, Tac. A. 1, 23: festinare, id. ib. 1, 3: ab omni caede abhorrere, Suet. Dom. 9: portendere, Sall.J. 3, 2; Suet. Calig. 57 et saep.; cf. in the poets, Cat. 64, 77; Verg. A. 2, 500; 10, 119; Hor. C. 1, 8, 16; 2, 1, 35; 3, 2, 12; 3, 24, 26; 4, 4, 59; Ov. M. 1, 161; 4, 503; 3, 625; 4, 160; 5, 69; 6, 669.—
2 The slaughter of animals, esp. of victims: studiosus caedis ferinae, i. e. ferarum, Ov. M. 7, 675; so id. ib. 7, 809; cf. ferarum, id. ib. 2, 442; 15, 106: armenti, id. ib. 10, 541: boum, id. ib. 11, 371: juvenci, id. ib. 15, 129: bidentium, Hor. C. 3, 23, 14: juvencorum, Mart. 14, 4, 1.—
II Meton.
A (Abstr. pro concreto.) The persons slain or murdered, the slain: caedis acervi, Verg. A. 10, 245: plenae caedibus viae, Tac. H. 4, 1.—
B Also meton. as in Gr. φόνος, the blood shed by murder, gore, Lucr. 3, 643; 5, 1312: permixta flumina caede, Cat. 64, 360: respersus fraternā caede, id. 64, 181: madefient caede sepulcra, id. 64, 368: tepidā recens Caede locus, Verg. A. 9, 456: sparsae caede comae, Prop. 2, 8, 34: caede madentes, Ov. M. 1, 149; 14, 199; 3, 143; 4, 97; 4, 125; 4, 163; 6, 657; 8, 444; 9, 73; 13, 389; 15, 174.—
C An attempt to murder: nostrae injuria caedis, Verg. A. 3, 256.—
D A striking with the fist, a beating (post-class.): contumeliosa, Don. Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 46: nimia, id. ib. 4, 2, 19; 2, 1, 18.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cædēs,⁷ is, f. (cædo), action de couper, d’abattre,
1 meurtre, [et surtout] massacre, carnage : orbem terræ cæde atque incendiis vastare Cic. Cat. 1, 3, dévaster le monde par le meurtre et l’incendie ; magna cæde nostrorum Cæs. C. 3, 65, 1, après avoir fait un grand carnage des nôtres ; cædem facere Cic. Fl. 88, commettre un meurtre ; magistratuum privatorumque cædes effecerat Cic. Mil. 87, il avait perpétré le meurtre de magistrats et de particuliers : fit magna cædes Cæs. G. 7, 70, 5, il se fait un grand carnage ; jam cædi perpetratæ Romani supervenerunt Liv. 28, 23, 3, le massacre était déjà consommé quand les Romains arrivèrent
2 [dans les sacrifices] : temptare deos multa cæde bidentium Hor. O. 3, 23, 14, solliciter les dieux par un grand sacrifice de victimes, cf. Ov. M. 15, 129, etc.
3 sang versé : abluta cæde Virg. En. 9, 818, les souillures du carnage étant lavées ; mixta hominum pecudumque cæde respersus Liv. 10, 39, 16, éclaboussé du sang mêlé des hommes et des animaux
4 corps massacrés : crastina lux ingentes Rutulæ spectabit cædis acervos Virg. En. 10, 245, la lumière de demain verra des monceaux de Rutules égorgés ; equitum acies cæde omnia replet Liv. 8, 39, 1, ce corps de cavaliers remplit tout de carnage, cf. Tac. Ann. 6, 24 ; H. 3, 29 ; stratam innocentium cædibus celeberrimam urbis partem Tac. H. 3, 70, [il disait] que le quartier le plus fréquenté de la ville était jonché de cadavres innocents
5 [retour au sens premier] action de couper, d’abattre : ligni atque frondium cædem facere Gell. 19, 12, 7, faire un abatage de bois et de feuillages ; capilli cæde cultrorum desecti Apul. M. 3, 16, cheveux abattus sous l’entaille des couteaux || coups violents, voies de fait : Papin. Dig. 29, 5, 21, 2. nom. arch. cædis Liv. 1, 48, 7 ; 3, 5, 10, etc. ; gén. pl. poét. cædum Sil. 4, 351 ; 4, 422, etc.