noun · neutersecond declension
excidium1
excidium n (genitive excidiī or excidī)
Classical[ɛksˈkɪ.di.ũː]Ecclesiastical[eksˈt͡ʃiː.di.um]
Meaning
- neuterdemolition, destruction (especially military), ruin
De Excidio Britanniae
On the Ruin of Britain - neutermassacre, slaughter, killing
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | excidium | excidia |
| genitive | excidiī excidī | excidiōrum |
| dative | excidiō | excidiīs |
| accusative | excidium | excidia |
| ablative | excidiō | excidiīs |
| vocative | excidium | excidia |
excĭdĭum (sometimes written exscidium, as if from exscindo), ii, n. usually referred to ex-cīdo,
I. overthrow, demolition, subversion, ruin (especially of cities, buildings, etc.), destruction (not freq. till the Aug. per.;
not in Caes. and Cic.): urbis, Liv. 27, 39 fin.; Tac. H. 1, 80; 3, 76; Verg. A. 5, 626.—In plur.: petit urbem excidiis, Verg. G. 2, 505; id. A. 2, 643; 10, 46; Liv. 9, 45; 29, 1 al.: castellorum, Tac. H. 4, 15: arcium, Verg. A. 12, 655: Libyae, id. ib. 1, 22: gentium, Vell. 2, 98, 2; Tac. H. 5, 25; cf. Cretensium, Sall. H. Fragm. p. 290 ed. Gerl.: legionum, Tac. H. 4, 61: meorum, Verg. A. 8, 386 et saep.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
excidium (exsci-) ī, n
2 SAC-, overthrow, demolition, subversion, ruin, destruction : urbis, L.: Troiae, V.: gentis, Ta.: arces excidio dare, V.: petit urbem excidiis, V.
Origins
From exscindō (“to annihilate, extirpate”) + -ium, from scindō (“to rend, destroy”), compare discidium (“disagreement, discord”). Sometimes construed by folk-etymology as from excīdō (“to cut out, destroy”) + -ium.