per-cīdo, cīdi, cīsum (perf. percecīdi, Flor. 4, 12, 7), 3, v. a. [caedo], to beat or cut to pieces, to smash.
I In gen.: os alicui, Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 12; id. Cas. 2, 6, 52; Sen. Q. N. 4, 4, 1.—
II Esp.
A To cut to pieces , rout utterly , destroy : exercitum, Flor. 3, 20, 10: terga hostium, id. 4, 12, 7.—
B In mal. part., i. q. paedicare, Mart. 4, 48, 1; 7, 62, 1 al.; Sen. Prov. 5, 3; Mart. 12, 35, 2; cf.: percisus, paedicatus, πεπυγισμένος, Gloss. Philox.; so, too, alicui os, i. q. irrumare, Mart. 2, 72, 3 (al. praecisum).