accidentem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →accido, accidere, accidi, accisus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
cut, cut into/down/up, hack, hew, fell; overthrow, destroy; cut short; weaken;; happens, turns out, befalls; fall upon; come to pass, occur;; fall upon/down/to/at or near, descend, alight; happen, occur; happen to (DAT);
acc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Divus Claudius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...agnovit extractumque et prae metu ad genua sibi accidentem imperatorem salutavit. Hinc ad alios commilitones fluctuantes nec quicquam..."X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...priorem quidem illam, ut communem ceteris et fato accidentem, fortius utcumque tolerabat. nam et de filio nihil aliud..."
