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incido.

to fall or drop

6 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈɪŋ.kɪ.doː]Classical-Latin[ˈin̠ʲ.t͡ʃi.do]

  1. to fall or drop

    conjugation-3 · literally · usually

  2. to fall upon, meet, come upon (by chance), happen on, fall in with

    conjugation-3 · literally

  3. to fall upon, attack, assault

    conjugation-3 · literally
    incidere in hostes

  4. [with in (+ accusative) or dative] to fall into any condition

    conjugation-3 · figuratively · usually
    manibus (or in manus) incidere

  5. [with in (+ accusative) or dative] to fall upon, arise, occur; to happen to, befall

    conjugation-3 · figuratively

  6. [with in (+ accusative) or dative] to fall upon accidentally; to crop up, fall upon, light upon in thought or conversation

    conjugation-3 · figuratively

  7. [with in (+ accusative) or dative] to come or occur to one's mind

    conjugation-3 · figuratively
    casu in alicuius mentionem incidere

  8. [with in (+ accusative) or dative] to fall upon, happen in a certain time

    conjugation-3 · figuratively
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *ḱad- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *ḱádeti Proto-Italic *kadō Latin cadō Latin incidō From in- (“into, to”) + cadō (“to fall, fall down, descend”).

verb[ɪŋˈkiː.doː]Classical-Latin[in̠ʲˈt͡ʃiː.do]

  1. to cut or hew open, into, through, or up; to dissect, slit, sever; to clip

    Classical-Latin · conjugation-3 · literally

  2. to cut into, carve, engrave, inscribe on something

    conjugation-3

  3. to make by cutting, cut

    conjugation-3 · rare

  4. to break off, interrupt, stop, put an end to

    conjugation-3 · figuratively

  5. to cut off, cut short, take away, remove

    conjugation-3

  6. to make by cutting, to cut

    conjugation-3 · rhetoric
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kh₂éydeti Proto-Italic *kaidō Latin caedō Latin incidō From in- (“into, to”) + caedō (“to cut, hew, cut down, fell, cut off, cut to pieces”).

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