accido

Italian

Verb

accido

1. first-person singular present indicative of accidere

Anagrams

• accodi, doccia, occida

Latin

Etymology 1

From ad- +‎ cadō (“fall”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈak.ki.doː/, [ˈäkːɪd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈat.t͡ʃi.do/, [ˈätː͡ʃid̪o]

Verb

accidō (present infinitive accidere, perfect active accidī); third conjugation, no supine stem

1. (intransitive) to fall down, upon, at or near; descend

   Synonyms: corruō, incidō, cadō, incurrō, occidō, ruō

   Antonym: orior

   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 5.359–360:

     annuit, et mōtīs flōrēs cecidēre capillīs,
     accidere in mēnsās ut rosā missa solet

     She nodded her assent and, with her hair having been shaken, flowers fell, just as a rose is wont to descend upon a table.
     (The goddess Flora (mythology) adorned herself with flowers; during ancient feasts, wealthy Romans sometimes delighted their guests by cascading flowers onto the banquet tables.)

2. (intransitive) to happen (to), take place, occur, befall

   Synonyms: interveniō, ēveniō, obveniō, expetō, obtingō, incurrō, accēdō, incidō, intercidō, contingō, fīō

Conjugation

Conjugation of accidō (third conjugation, no supine stem)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	accidō	accidis	accidit	accidimus	acciditis	accidunt
	imperfect	accidēbam	accidēbās	accidēbat	accidēbāmus	accidēbātis	accidēbant
	future	accidam	accidēs	accidet	accidēmus	accidētis	accident
	perfect	accidī	accidistī	accidit	accidimus	accidistis	accidērunt, accidēre
	pluperfect	accideram	acciderās	acciderat	acciderāmus	acciderātis	acciderant
	future perfect	acciderō	accideris	acciderit	acciderimus	accideritis	acciderint
passive	present	accidor	accideris, accidere	acciditur	accidimur	accidiminī	acciduntur
	imperfect	accidēbar	accidēbāris, accidēbāre	accidēbātur	accidēbāmur	accidēbāminī	accidēbantur
	future	accidar	accidēris, accidēre	accidētur	accidēmur	accidēminī	accidentur
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	accidam	accidās	accidat	accidāmus	accidātis	accidant
	imperfect	acciderem	acciderēs	accideret	acciderēmus	acciderētis	acciderent
	perfect	acciderim	acciderīs	acciderit	acciderīmus	acciderītis	acciderint
	pluperfect	accidissem	accidissēs	accidisset	accidissēmus	accidissētis	accidissent
passive	present	accidar	accidāris, accidāre	accidātur	accidāmur	accidāminī	accidantur
	imperfect	acciderer	acciderēris, acciderēre	acciderētur	acciderēmur	acciderēminī	acciderentur
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	accide	—	—	accidite	—
	future	—	acciditō	acciditō	—	acciditōte	acciduntō
passive	present	—	accidere	—	—	accidiminī	—
	future	—	acciditor	acciditor	—	—	acciduntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		accidere	accidisse	—	accidī	—	—
participles		accidēns	—	—	—	—	accidendus, accidundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		accidendī	accidendō	accidendum	accidendō	—	—

Derived terms

• accidēns
• accidentia

Related terms

• cadō
• concidō
• dēcidō
• excidō
• incidō
• intercidō
• occidō
• prōcidō
• recidō
• succidō
• contingō
• ēveniō

 

Descendants

• *ad-cad-ēscere
  • Old Spanish: acaesçer, acaecer
    • Spanish: acaecer

Etymology 2

From ad- +‎ caedō (“cut; strike”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /akˈkiː.doː/, [äkˈkiːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /atˈt͡ʃi.do/, [ätˈt͡ʃiːd̪o]

Verb

accīdō (present infinitive accīdere, perfect active accīdī, supine accīsum); third conjugation

1. (transitive) to begin to cut or cut into or through; fell, cut down
2. (transitive) to use up, consume, diminish
3. (transitive) to impair, weaken, shatter, break down, destroy
4. (reflexive, intransitive) to become corrupted, fallen into ruin

Conjugation

Conjugation of accīdō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	accīdō	accīdis	accīdit	accīdimus	accīditis	accīdunt
	imperfect	accīdēbam	accīdēbās	accīdēbat	accīdēbāmus	accīdēbātis	accīdēbant
	future	accīdam	accīdēs	accīdet	accīdēmus	accīdētis	accīdent
	perfect	accīdī	accīdistī	accīdit	accīdimus	accīdistis	accīdērunt, accīdēre
	pluperfect	accīderam	accīderās	accīderat	accīderāmus	accīderātis	accīderant
	future perfect	accīderō	accīderis	accīderit	accīderimus	accīderitis	accīderint
passive	present	accīdor	accīderis, accīdere	accīditur	accīdimur	accīdiminī	accīduntur
	imperfect	accīdēbar	accīdēbāris, accīdēbāre	accīdēbātur	accīdēbāmur	accīdēbāminī	accīdēbantur
	future	accīdar	accīdēris, accīdēre	accīdētur	accīdēmur	accīdēminī	accīdentur
	perfect	accīsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	accīsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	accīsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	accīdam	accīdās	accīdat	accīdāmus	accīdātis	accīdant
	imperfect	accīderem	accīderēs	accīderet	accīderēmus	accīderētis	accīderent
	perfect	accīderim	accīderīs	accīderit	accīderīmus	accīderītis	accīderint
	pluperfect	accīdissem	accīdissēs	accīdisset	accīdissēmus	accīdissētis	accīdissent
passive	present	accīdar	accīdāris, accīdāre	accīdātur	accīdāmur	accīdāminī	accīdantur
	imperfect	accīderer	accīderēris, accīderēre	accīderētur	accīderēmur	accīderēminī	accīderentur
	perfect	accīsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	accīsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	accīde	—	—	accīdite	—
	future	—	accīditō	accīditō	—	accīditōte	accīduntō
passive	present	—	accīdere	—	—	accīdiminī	—
	future	—	accīditor	accīditor	—	—	accīduntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		accīdere	accīdisse	accīsūrum esse	accīdī	accīsum esse	accīsum īrī
participles		accīdēns	—	accīsūrus	—	accīsus	accīdendus, accīdundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		accīdendī	accīdendō	accīdendum	accīdendō	accīsum	accīsū

Synonyms

• (use up): cōnsūmō, absūmō, hauriō, exhauriō, abūtor, terō, atterō, conterō, dēterō, adedō, eneco, effundo, perago
• (diminish): diminuo, minuo
• (shatter): ferio, tango, percutio, pello, discutio, percello, affligo, impingo, pulsō, ico, caedo, verbero
• (destroy): ruīnō, diruō, perdō, aboleō, dēstruō, dēvāstō, ēvāstō, vāstō, occidō, tollō, exscindō, sepeliō, populor, interimō, perimō, absūmō, trucīdō, impellō

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “destroy”): ēmendō, reficiō, reparō, corrigō, medeor

Derived terms

• accīsus

Related terms

• abscīdō
• abscīsē
• caedō
• circumcīdō
• concīdō
• dēcīdō
• discīdō
• excīdō
• incīdō
• intercīdō
• occīdō
• percīdō
• praecīdō
• procīdō
• recīdō
• succīdō
• trānscīdō

 

References

• “accido”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “accido”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• accido in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• accido in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to come to some one's ears: ad aures alicuius (not alicui) pervenire, accidere
    
  • to fall at some one's feet: ad pedes alicuius accidere
    
  • if anything should happen to me; if I die: si quid (humanitus) mihi accidat or acciderit
    
  • it is most fortunate that..: peropportune accidit, quod
    
  • a thing has happened contrary to my expectation: aliquid mihi nec opinanti, insperanti accidit
    
  • it happened miraculously: divinitus accidit