excidio

Latin

Etymology 1

From exscindō +‎ -iō.

Noun

excidiō f (genitive excidiōnis); third declension

  1. destruction, destroying
    Synonyms: dēstrūctiō, excidium, lētum, ruīna, pestis, dēmōlītiō, vāstātiō, devāstātiō, perniciēs, perditiō, exitium
    • c. 190 BCE, Plautus, Curculio 534:
      Non ego nunc mediocri incedo iratus iracundia, / sed eapse illa qua excidionem facere condidici oppidis.
Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative excidiō excidiōnēs
Genitive excidiōnis excidiōnum
Dative excidiōnī excidiōnibus
Accusative excidiōnem excidiōnēs
Ablative excidiōne excidiōnibus
Vocative excidiō excidiōnēs

Etymology 2

See excidium.

Noun

excidiō

  1. dative/ablative singular of excidium

References
  • “excidio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • excidio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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