caedo

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.