The corpus record — Latin

excidium1

excidium1 · n

overthrow

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Where it lives

Dittochaeon 1 · 8.17/10k
Maximus et Balbinus 1 · 3.18/10k
Epitome Rerum Romanorum 8 · 3.04/10k
Historiae 14 · 2.72/10k
de Bello Gothico 1 · 2.48/10k
Historiae 1 · 2.46/10k
Gordiani Tres 1 · 1.8/10k
Hamartigenia 1 · 1.56/10k
De Consolatione ad Helviam 1 · 1.48/10k
De Vita Iulii Agricolae 1 · 1.48/10k
de raptu Proserpinae 1 · 1.43/10k
In Eutropium 1 · 1.39/10k

Densest 12 of 34 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. excĭdĭum — Lewis & Short

excĭdĭum (sometimes written exscidium, as if from exscindo), ii, n.usually referred to ex-cīdo,

I overthrow, demolition, subversion, ruin (especially of cities, buildings, etc.), destruction (not freq. till the Aug. per.; not in Caes. and Cic.): urbis, Liv. 27, 39 fin.; Tac. H. 1, 80; 3, 76; Verg. A. 5, 626.—In plur.: petit urbem excidiis, Verg. G. 2, 505; id. A. 2, 643; 10, 46; Liv. 9, 45; 29, 1 al.: castellorum, Tac. H. 4, 15: arcium, Verg. A. 12, 655: Libyae, id. ib. 1, 22: gentium, Vell. 2, 98, 2; Tac. H. 5, 25; cf. Cretensium, Sall. H. Fragm. p. 290 ed. Gerl.: legionum, Tac. H. 4, 61: meorum, Verg. A. 8, 386 et saep.

2. excĭdĭum — Lewis & Short

excĭdĭum, ii, n.excĭdo,

I a going down, setting: solis, Prud. Apoth. 694.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. excidium (scan p. 107; entry #1476).

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