noun · femininethird declension
occīdiō
occīdiō f (genitive occīdiōnis)
Meaning
- a massacre, extermination
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | occīdiō | occīdiōnēs |
| genitive | occīdiōnis | occīdiōnum |
| dative | occīdiōnī | occīdiōnibus |
| accusative | occīdiōnem | occīdiōnēs |
| ablative | occīdiōne | occīdiōnibus |
| vocative | occīdiō | occīdiōnēs |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- hostium copias occidione occīdere (Liv. 2. 51)
- to absolutely annihilate the enemy.
occīdĭo, ōnis, f. 1. occīdo,
I. a massacre, utter destruction, extermination (rare before the Aug. period;
syn.: clades, strages, caedes): orare ne in occidione victoriam poneret, Liv. 3, 28.—Esp. freq. in the phrase occidione occidere or caedere, to cut off completely, cut down with utter destruction: equitatus occidione occisus, Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 7; id. Phil. 14, 14, 36; Liv. 28, 43; 2, 51; 9, 38 et saep.: omnes occidione caesi, Just. 26, 2, 5; 28, 2, 1; so, occidione occumbere, to be wholly cut off, Tac. A. 12, 38: equi, viri, cuncta victa occidioni dantur, every thing captured was destroyed, id. ib. 13, 57: occidioni exempti, id. ib. 12, 56 fin.—Of animals and plants: nec ad occidionem gens interimenda est, Col. 9, 15, 3: occidionem gregis prohibens, id. 7, 5, 16: nec ad occidionem universum genus perduci patimur, id. 4, 17, 3.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
occīdiō ōnis, f
ob+2 SAC-, a massacre, utter destruction, extermination: in occidione victoriam ponere, L.: equitatus occidione occisus, annihilated.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-ōder. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.? Latin -ō Latin -iō Latin occīdiō From occīdō + -iō.