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|lshtext=<b>con-cĭdo</b>: cĭdi, 3, v. n. [[cado]],<br /><b>I</b> to [[fall]] [[together]], to [[fall]] [[down]], to [[tumble]] to the [[ground]] ([[class]]. in [[prose]] and [[poetry]]).<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> Pregn.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</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.<br /><b>con-cīdo</b>: cīdi, cīsum, 3, v. a. [[caedo]],<br /><b>I</b> to [[cut]] up, [[cut]] [[through]], [[cut]] [[away]], [[cut]] to pieces, to [[bring]] to [[ruin]], [[destroy]], etc. ([[class]]. in [[prose]] and [[poetry]]).<br /><b>I</b> Prop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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. —<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</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.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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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