Definition of caedo
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Orthography ID = 1001967
1.
LEM
caedō, caedere, cecīdī, caesus
2 SAC-, SEC-
verb (3rd conjugation)
  1. to cut, hew, cut down, fell, cut off, cut to pieces
  2. to strike upon, knock at, beat, strike, cudgel
  3. [of men] to strike mortally, kill, murder
  4. [of battle] to slay, slaughter, cut to pieces, vanquish, destroy
  5. [of animals especially for sacrifice] to slaughter
Abbreviations
caedō cecīdī, caesus, ere 2 SAC-, SEC-, to cut, hew, cut down, fell, cut off, cut to pieces: arbores: robur, O.: silvas, Cs.: murus latius quam caederetur ruebat, L.: lapis caedendus: securibus vina (frozen), V.: comam (vitis), Tb.: caesis montis fodisse medullis, Ct.

— Prov.: ut vineta egomet caedam mea, i. e. attack my own interests, H.

— To strike upon, knock at, beat, strike, cudgel: ianuam saxis: verberibus te, T.: virgis ad necem caedi: flagellis Ad mortem caesus, H.: nudatos virgis, L.: servum sub furcā, L.: caesae pectora palmis, i. e. beating, O.: in iudicio testibus caeditur, i. e. is pressed.

—Of men, to strike mortally, kill, murder: illi dies, quo Ti. Gracchus est caesus: caeso Argo, O.

—Poet., of blood: caeso sparsuros sanguine flammam, shed, V.

— Of battle, to slay, slaughter, cut to pieces, vanquish, destroy: exercitus caesus fususque: infra arcem caesi captique multi, L.: passim obvii caedebantur, Cu.: ingentem cecidit Antiochum, H.: placare ventos virgine caesā, V.

—Of animals, to slaughter (esp. for sacrifice): greges armentorum: boves, O.: deorum mentis caesis hostiis placare: victimas, L.: binas bidentis, V.: Tempestatibus agnam, V.

— Fig.: pignus caedere (in law), to declare the forfeiture of a security, confiscate a pledge: non tibi illa sunt caedenda: dum sermones caedimus, chop words, chat, T.: Caedimur, cudgel one another (with compliments), H.
 
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