excidio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

excĭdĭo, ōnis, f. [exscindo, v. 1. excidium],

a destroying , destruction : oppidi, Plaut. Curc. 4, 3, 2; cf.: excidionem urbis a caedendo dictam manifestum est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 80, 9 Müll.