LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

dēcidō1

dēcidō (present infinitive dēcidere, perfect active dēcidī)
Classical[ˈdeː.kɪ.doː]Ecclesiastical[ˈdɛː.t͡ʃi.do]

Meaning

  1. intransitiveto fall down or off; collapse; drop, hang down
  2. intransitiveto die, fall dead
  3. figurativelyintransitiveto sink, perish

Conjugation conjugation 3 no-supine

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.dēcidōdēcidēbamdēcidamdēcidīdēcideramdēciderō
2nd sg.dēcidisdēcidēbāsdēcidēsdēcidistīdēciderāsdēcideris
3rd sg.dēciditdēcidēbatdēcidetdēciditdēcideratdēciderit
1st pl.dēcidimusdēcidēbāmusdēcidēmusdēcidimusdēciderāmusdēciderimus
2nd pl.dēciditisdēcidēbātisdēcidētisdēcidistisdēciderātisdēcideritis
3rd pl.dēciduntdēcidēbantdēcidentdēcidērunt
dēcidēre		dēciderantdēciderint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.dēcidamdēcideremdēciderimdēcidissem
2nd sg.dēcidāsdēciderēsdēciderīsdēcidissēs
3rd sg.dēcidatdēcideretdēcideritdēcidisset
1st pl.dēcidāmusdēciderēmusdēciderīmusdēcidissēmus
2nd pl.dēcidātisdēciderētisdēciderītisdēcidissētis
3rd pl.dēcidantdēciderentdēciderintdēcidissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.dēcīdordēcīdēbardēcīdar
2nd sg.—dēcīdēbāris—
3rd sg.dēcīditurdēcīdēbāturdēcīdētur
1st pl.dēcīdimurdēcīdēbāmurdēcīdēmur
2nd pl.—dēcīdēbāminīdēcīdēminī
3rd pl.dēcīdunturdēcīdēbanturdēcīdentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.—dēcīderer
2nd sg.dēcīdārisdēcīderēre
dēcīderēris
3rd sg.dēcīdāturdēcīderētur
1st pl.dēcīdāmurdēcīderēmur
2nd pl.dēcīdāminīdēcīderēminī
3rd pl.dēcīdanturdēcīderentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.dēcide—
pres. 2nd pl.dēcidite—
fut. 2nd sg.dēciditōdēcīditor
fut. 3rd sg.dēciditōdēcīditor
fut. 2nd pl.dēciditōte—
fut. 3rd pl.dēciduntōdēcīduntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivedēcidere—
perfect infinitivedēcidisse—
present participledēcidēns
dēcidente, dēcidentem, dēcidentēs, dēcidentī, dēcidentia, dēcidentibus, dēcidentis, dēcidentīs, dēcidentium		—
perfect participle—dēcīsa
dēcīsā, dēcīsae, dēcīsam, dēcīsārum, dēcīsās, dēcīse, dēcīsī, dēcīsīs, dēcīsō, dēcīsōrum, dēcīsōs, dēcīsum, dēcīsus
future participle—dēcīdenda
dēcīdendā, dēcīdendae, dēcīdendam, dēcīdendārum, dēcīdendās, dēcīdende, dēcīdendīs, dēcīdendōrum, dēcīdendōs, dēcīdendus
gerunddēcidendī, dēcidendō, dēcidendumsupinedēcīsum

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

in terram cadere, decidere
to fall to the earth.

dē-cĭdo, cĭdi, 3, v. n. cado,
I. to fall off, fall down (class.).
1. Lit.
A. In gen.: decido de lecto praeceps, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 48; so, anguis decidit de tegulis, Ter. Ph. 4, 4, 26: poma ex arboribus decidunt, Cic. de Sen. 19 fin.; cf.: e flore guttae, Ov. M. 9, 345: equo, Caes. B. G. 1, 48, 6; for which ex equo (in terram), Nep. Eum. 4; and ab equo (in arva), Ov. Ib. 259: summo toro, id. F. 2, 350: arbore glandes, id. M. 1, 106: caelo, Plin. 37, 10, 59, § 164; so, caelo, id. 2, 52, 53, § 138: in terras imber, Lucr. 6, 497; so, imber, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 29: celsae turres graviore casu, id. Od. 2, 10, 11: comae, id. ib. 4, 10, 3 et saep.: montium decidentium moles, Plin. Ep. 8, 17, 3: (volucris) decidit in terram, Ov. M. 12, 569; so in terras sidus, id. ib. 14, 847: in puteum foveamve auceps, Hor. A. P. 458: in lacum fulmen, Suet. Galb. 8: in dolia serpens, Juv. 6, 432: in casses praeda, Ov. A. A. 2, 2: in laqueos suos auceps, id. Rem. Am. 502: in turbam praedonum hic fugiens, Hor. S. 1, 2, 42: in praeceps, Ov. M. 12, 339: ad pedes tunica, Suet. Aug. 94. —
B. Pregn. (like cado and concido), to fall down dead, to sink down, to die (in class. Lat. only poet.): morbo decidunt, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 143: nos ubi decidimus, Quo pater Aeneas, Hor. Od. 4, 7, 14: scriptor abhinc annos centum qui decidit, id. Ep. 2, 1, 36: decidit exanimis vitamque reliquit in astris, Verg. A. 5, 517; cf. Stat. Th. 8, 125; and id. ib. 9, 755: (nupta) Decidit; in talum serpentis dente recepto, Ov. M. 10, 10.
II. Trop., to fall, drop, fall away, fail, sink: quanta de spe decidi! Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 9; for which quanta spe decidi! id. ib. 4, 8, 11; Suet. Oth. 5; and a spe societatis Prusiae, Liv. 37, 26: ex astris, Cic. Att. 2, 21, 4 (cf.: astrum, no. II. B. fin.): ego ab archetypo labor et decido, Plin. Ep. 5, 10, 1: eo decidit ut exsul de senatore fieret, has fallen so low, id. ib. 4, 11, 1: oculis captus in hanc fraudem decidisti (cf. καταπίπτειν), Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 45, § 101: ad eas rei familiaris angustias decidit, ut, etc., Suet. Claud. 9 fin.; cf.: huc decidisse cuncta, ut, etc., Tac. A. 3, 59: ficta omnia celeriter tamquam flosculi decidunt, perish, Cic. Off. 2, 12 fin.: non virtute hostium sed amicorum perfidia decidi, am fallen, defeated, Nep. Eum. 11 fin.: an toto pectore deciderim, wholly banished from her affections, Tib. 3, 1, 20 (cf. ἐκ θυμοῦ πεσέειν, Hom. Il. 23, 595): qui huc deciderunt, into this illness, Cels. 3, 21 fin.: in hydropa, id. ib. med.: in maximis necessitatibus, ad quas libidine deciderat, Schol. Juv. 5, 3.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindēcidō

Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *ḱad- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *ḱádeti Proto-Italic *kadō Latin cadō Latin dēcidō From dē- (“down from”) + cadō (“to fall”).

Italo-Romance
  • Italiandecadere
  • Italiandicadere
Ibero-Romance
  • Portuguesedecair
  • Spanishdecaer
Balkano-Romance
  • Romaniandecădea
Gallo-Romance
  • Catalandecaure
  • Old Frenchdecheoir
verbthird conjugation
dēcīdō2
dēcīdō (present infinitive dēcīdere, perfect active dēcīdī, supine dēcīsum)
Classical[deːˈkiː.doː]Ecclesiastical[deˈt͡ʃiː.do]

Meaning

  1. to cut off or away; clip; reduce, diminish
  2. to beat severely, cudgel soundly, thrash
  3. figurativelyto decide, determine, settle, terminate, put an end to; agree

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.dēcīdōdēcīdēbamdēcīdamdēcīdīdēcīderamdēcīderō
2nd sg.dēcīdisdēcīdēbāsdēcīdēsdēcīdistīdēcīderāsdēcīderis
3rd sg.dēcīditdēcīdēbatdēcīdetdēcīditdēcīderatdēcīderit
1st pl.dēcīdimusdēcīdēbāmusdēcīdēmusdēcīdimusdēcīderāmusdēcīderimus
2nd pl.dēcīditisdēcīdēbātisdēcīdētisdēcīdistisdēcīderātisdēcīderitis
3rd pl.dēcīduntdēcīdēbantdēcīdentdēcīdērunt
dēcīdēre		dēcīderantdēcīderint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.dēcīdamdēcīderemdēcīderimdēcīdissem
2nd sg.dēcīdāsdēcīderēsdēcīderīsdēcīdissēs
3rd sg.dēcīdatdēcīderetdēcīderitdēcīdisset
1st pl.dēcīdāmusdēcīderēmusdēcīderīmusdēcīdissēmus
2nd pl.dēcīdātisdēcīderētisdēcīderītisdēcīdissētis
3rd pl.dēcīdantdēcīderentdēcīderintdēcīdissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.dēcīdordēcīdēbardēcīdar
2nd sg.dēcīderis
dēcīdere		dēcīdēbāris
dēcīdēbāre		dēcīdēris
dēcīdēre
3rd sg.dēcīditurdēcīdēbāturdēcīdētur
1st pl.dēcīdimurdēcīdēbāmurdēcīdēmur
2nd pl.dēcīdiminīdēcīdēbāminīdēcīdēminī
3rd pl.dēcīdunturdēcīdēbanturdēcīdentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.dēcīdardēcīderer
2nd sg.dēcīdāris
dēcīdāre		dēcīderēris
dēcīderēre
3rd sg.dēcīdāturdēcīderētur
1st pl.dēcīdāmurdēcīderēmur
2nd pl.dēcīdāminīdēcīderēminī
3rd pl.dēcīdanturdēcīderentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.dēcīdedēcīdere
pres. 2nd pl.dēcīditedēcīdiminī
fut. 2nd sg.dēcīditōdēcīditor
fut. 3rd sg.dēcīditōdēcīditor
fut. 2nd pl.dēcīditōte—
fut. 3rd pl.dēcīduntōdēcīduntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivedēcīderedēcīdī
perfect infinitivedēcīdissedēcīsum esse
future infinitivedēcīsūrum essedēcīsum īrī
present participledēcīdēns
dēcidente, dēcidentem, dēcidentēs, dēcidentī, dēcidentia, dēcidentibus, dēcidentis, dēcidentīs, dēcidentium		—
perfect participle—dēcīsus
dēcīsa, dēcīsā, dēcīsae, dēcīsam, dēcīsārum, dēcīsās, dēcīse, dēcīsī, dēcīsīs, dēcīsō, dēcīsōrum, dēcīsōs
future participledēcīsūrusdēcīdendus
dēcīdundus, dēcīdenda, dēcīdendā, dēcīdendae, dēcīdendam, dēcīdendārum, dēcīdendās, dēcīdende, dēcīdendīs, dēcīdendōrum, dēcīdendōs
gerunddēcīdendī, dēcīdendō, dēcīdendumsupinedēcīsum, dēcīsū

dē-cīdo, cīdi, cīsum, 3, v. a. caedo,
I. to cut off.
I. Lit. (rare in ante-Aug. per.; more freq. abscīdo; not in Caes.): taleas oleaginas tripedaneas, Cato R. R. 45: collum, Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 37: aures, Tac. A. 12, 14: virgam arbori, id. G. 10: caput, Curt. 7, 2; prov.: pennas, to clip the wings, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 50: malleolum, Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 162: filicem nascentem falce, Col. 2, 2, 13; Sil. 4, 389 et saep.—
B. Transf., to cudgel, beat soundly: aliquem verberibus decidere, Dig. 47, 21, 2.
II. Trop., to decide a disputed, or, indeed, any matter (qs. to cut the knot; cf.: dirimo and secare lites, res, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 42; id. Sat. 1, 10, 15); to determine, settle, terminate, put an end to (class., most freq. in judic. lang.; cf.: transigo, paciscor).
(a). With acc.: damnum, XII. Tab. 12, 4; Gai. Inst. 4, 37; 4, 45: quibus rebus actis atque decisis, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 45 fin.; cf.: decisa negotia, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 59: res transactione decisa, Dig. 5, 2, 29; and jam decisa quaestio, ib. 18, 3, 4: decidis statuisque tu, quid iis ad denarium solveretur, Cic. Quint. 4, 17; id. Rosc. Com. 11, 32; Dig. 47, 2, 63; cf. ib. 9, 4, 22, § 4: hoc loco praeter nomen cetera propriis decisa sunt verbis, i. e. decidedly, clearly expressed, Quint. 8, 6, 47: ego pol istam jam aliquovorsum tragulam decidero, I will now dispose of this dart one way or another, i. e. I will now put an end to this attack, these tricks, Plaut. Casin. 2, 4, 18.—
(b). With praepp.: cum aliquo, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 79; 2, 1, 48, § 125; id. Rosc. Am. 39, 114; Plin. 7, 40, 41, § 130: non erit uncia tota, decidat tecum qua pater ipse deum, for which Jupiter may compound with you, Mart. 9, 4, 6; cf.: cum patrono pecuniā, Dig. 12, 6, 26, § 12: de rebus, Cic. Quint. 5, 19; id. Rosc. Com. 12, 35 sq.; id. Att. 1, 8; Just. 31, 7: decidere jactu coepit cum ventis, to compound with the winds by throwing overboard (the cargo), Juv. 12, 33.—
(g). Absol.: in jugera singula ternis medimnis, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 48; id. Rosc. Com. 36; Aur. Vict. de Vir. Ill. 56, 4.—
B. To cut down, reduce, diminish: ad tertiam partem vectigal, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 38.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindēcīdō

Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kh₂éydeti Proto-Italic *kaidō Latin caedō Latin dēcīdō From dē- (“down from”) + caedō (“to cut”).

Descendants
  • Catalandecidir
  • Italiandecidere
  • Occitandecidir
  • Frenchdéciderfrom Old French decider
  • Romaniandecidefrom Old French decider
  • Englishdecidefrom Old French decider
  • Portuguesedecidir
  • Spanishdecidir
  • Asturiandecidir
  • Idodecidarfrom Esperanto decidi

Quick answers

What does dēcidō mean in Latin?
dēcidō, a verb, means “to fall down or off; collapse; drop, hang down”.
What are the principal parts of dēcidō?
dēcidō, dēcidere, dēcidī (third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem).
How do you pronounce dēcidō?
In classical Latin, [ˈdeː.kɪ.doː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈdɛː.t͡ʃi.do].
Where does dēcidō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *de → Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ → Proto-Italic *dē → Latin dēcidō.