accido

Italian

Verb

accido

1. first-person singular present indicative of accidere

Anagrams

• accodi, doccia, occida

Latin

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱad-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *ḱádeti

Proto-Italic *kadō

Latin cadō

Latin accidō

From ad- + cadō (“fall”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈak.kɪ.doː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈat.t͡ʃi.do]

Verb

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

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

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

   Antonym: orior

   • 8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 5.359–360:

     annuit, et mōtīs flōrēs cecidēre capillīs,
     accidere in mēnsās ut rosa 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 passive, 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
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
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		accide		—		—		accidite		—
	future	—		acciditō		acciditō		—		acciditōte		acciduntō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		accidere			—			accidēns			—
perfect		accidisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		accidendī		accidendō		accidendum		accidendō		—		—

Derived terms

• accidēns
• accidentia
• accidentum
• acciduus

Related terms

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

Descendants

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

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-der.

Proto-Italic *kaidō

Latin caedō

Latin accīdō

From ad- + caedō (“cut; strike”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [akˈkiː.doː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [atˈt͡ʃiː.do]

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

   Synonyms: cōnsūmō, absūmō, hauriō, exhauriō, abūtor, terō, atterō, conterō, dēterō, adedō, ēnecō, effundō, peragō

3. (transitive) to diminish

   Synonyms: dīminuō, minuō

4. (transitive) to impair, weaken
5. (transitive) to shatter, break down

   Synonyms: feriō, mulcō, tangō, percutiō, pellō, discutiō, percellō, afflīgō, impingō, pulsō, ī̆cō, caedō, verberō

6. (transitive) to destroy

   Synonyms: ruīnō, dīruō, perdō, aboleō, dēstruō, dēvāstō, ēvāstō, vāstō, occīdō, tollō, exscindō, sepeliō, populor, interimō, perimō, absūmō, trucīdō, impellō

   Antonyms: ēmendō, reficiō, reparō, corrigō, medeor

7. (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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		accīdere			accīdī			accīdēns			—
future		accīsūrum esse			accīsum īrī			accīsūrus			accīdendus, accīdundus
perfect		accīdisse			accīsum esse			—			accīsus
future perfect		—			accīsum fore			—			—
perfect potential		accīsūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		accīdendī		accīdendō		accīdendum		accīdendō		accīsum		accīsū

Derived terms

• accīdior
• accīdiōsus
• accīsiō
• 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 (2003-2026), 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