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|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.