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ex-cĭdo , cĭdi, 3, v. n. cado,
I.to fall out or down, to fall from (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. sense).
I. Lit.
B. In partic., of a lot, to fall of come out (very rare): “ut cujusque sors exciderat,Liv. 21, 42, 3; “and hence, transf.: nominibus in urnam conjectis, citari quod primum sorte nomen excidit,id. 23, 3, 7.
II. Trop.
A. In gen., to fall out involuntarily, fall from, slip out, escape: “verbum ex ore alicujus,Cic. Sull. 26; cf.: “vox excidit ore: Venisti tandem, etc.,Verg. A. 6, 686: “tantumque nefas patrio excidit ore?id. ib. 2, 658; cf.: “scelus ore tuo,Ov. M. 7, 172: “quod verbum tibi non excidit, ut saepe fit, fortuito,Cic. Phil. 10, 2 fin.; cf. Quint. 6, 3, 23; 7, 2, 52; 9, 4, 41 al.: “libellus me imprudente et invito excidit,escaped me without my knowledge or desire, Cic. de Or. 1, 21; cf. id. ib. 1, 2, 5: “vox horrenda per auras excidit,Verg. A. 9, 113: “et pariter vultusque deo plectrumque colorque Excidit,Ov. M. 2, 602; cf. id. ib. 4, 176: “ut quodammodo victoria e manibus excideret,Cic. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 10, 2: “(versus) qui in breves excidunt,” i. e. which close, terminate, Quint. 9, 4, 106.—Poet.: in vitium libertas excidit, qs. falls away, sinks, = delabitur, Hor. A. P. 282.—
B. In partic. *
1. To dissent, differ from any one's opinion: ego ab Archilocho excido, Lucil. ap. Non. 301, 18.—
b. To fail, faint, swoon, lose one's self: “excidit illa metu, rupitque novissima verba,Ov. A. A. 1, 5, 39; cf.: ut scias quemadmodum nunquam excidam mihi, lose control of myself (through drink), Sen. de Ira, 3, 14, 1: “quis me dolori reddit? quam bene excideram mihi!Sen. Hippol. 589 sq.
c. To slip out, escape from the memory: “excidere de memoria,Liv. 29, 19 fin.: “exciderat pacis mentio ex omnium animis,id. 34, 37; cf. “animo,Verg. A. 1, 26; Ov. H. 20, 188; “and pectore,id. Pont. 2, 4, 24: “o miram memoriam, Pomponi, tuam! at mihi ista exciderant,Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 46; so with dat.: “quae cogitatio, cum mihi non omnino excidisset, etc.,id. Fam. 5, 13, 2; id. Att. 6, 1, 7; Quint. 4, 5, 4; 10, 1, 75; Prop. 3 (4), 24, 20; 4 (5), 7, 15 et saep.; cf. with a subjectclause: “non excidit mihi, scripsisse me, etc.,Quint. 2, 3, 10.—Absol.: “quid? non haec varietas mira est, excidere proxima, vetera inhaerere? hesternorum immemores acta pueritiae recordari,id. 11, 2, 6; 1, 12, 6; 4, 2, 91; 4, 5, 2; cf. with inf. clause: “si calore dicendi vitare id excidisset,id. 11, 3, 130; and with ut: “excidit, ut peterem, etc.,” i. e. I forgot to beg, Ov. M. 14, 139.—Rarely transf. to the person: “excidens,who forgets, forgetful, Quint. 11, 2, 19: “palam moneri excidentis est,id. 11, 3, 132.—
3. (Ex) aliquā re, of persons, to be deprived of, to lose, miss, forfeit (esp. freq. since the Aug. per.; “in Cic. not at all): ex familia,Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 104: “uxore,to be disappointed of, Ter. And. 2, 5, 12: “regno,Curt. 10, 5: “quem si non tenuit, magnis tamen excidit ausis,failed in a great attempt, Ov. M. 2, 328; cf.: “fine medicinae,Quint. 2, 17, 25: “genere,id. 1, 5, 16: qui apud privatos judices plus petendo formula excidissent, i. e. who lost their suits (for the usual cadere formulā or causā; “v. cado, II.),Suet. Claud. 14; Sen. Clem. 2, 3.
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