1. ex-cĭdo — Lewis & Short
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.
A In gen.: quod (animal) cum ex utero elapsum excidit, Cic. N. D. 2, 51, 128:
sol excidisse mihi e mundo videtur,id. Att. 9, 10, 3:
gladii de manibus exciderunt,id. Pis. 9 fin.; cf. id. Phil. 12, 3, 8; id. Cat. 1, 6 fin.;
for which also: inter manus (urna),Prop. 4 (5), 4, 22. and:
a digitis (ansa),Ov. H. 16, 252:
Palinurus exciderat puppi,Verg. A. 6, 339; cf.
arce,Ov. F. 5, 34:
equis,Sen. Herc. Oet. 1164:
num qui nummi exciderunt, here, tibi, quod sic terram Obtuere?Plaut. Bacch. 4, 4, 17; cf. id. Cist. 4, 2, 8; id. Merc. 3, 1, 44; id. Poen. 1, 2, 48:
volvae excidunt,Plin. 36, 21, 39, § 151.—Poet.:
ita vinclis Excidet aut in aquas tenues dilapsus abibit,will slip out of the fetters, Verg. G. 4, 410:
in flumen (elephanti, sc. e rate),Liv. 21, 28 fin.:
cum Herculis pertractanti arma sagitta excidisset in pedem,Plin. 25, 6, 30, § 66:
ante pedes (lingua resecta),Ov. Ib. 536.—
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.—
2 To pass away, be lost, perish, disappear:
neque enim verendum est, ne quid excidat aut ne quid in terram defluat,Cic. Lael. 16, 58:
primo miser excidit aevo,Prop. 3, 7, 7 (4, 6, 7 M.):
nec vera virtus, cum semel excidit, etc.,Hor. C. 3, 5, 30:
at non ingenio quaesitum nomen ab aevo Excidet,Prop. 3, 2, 24 (4, 1, 64 M.):
excidit omnis luctus,Ov. M. 8, 448:
ne Tarentinae quidem arcis excidit memoria,Liv. 27, 3 fin.; cf. the foll.—Esp.
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.