accidentia
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. pl. pres. act. part.nom. pl. pres. act. part.voc. pl. pres. act. part. - Entry →accidentia, accidentiae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
chance, casual event, that which happens;
abl. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg. - Entry →accidens, accidentis:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
accidental happening, chance event, contingency; accident, circumstance;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
- L
Liber XX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...ille perfectus adeptusque uirtutem fortunae maledixit,numquam accidentia tristis excepit, ciuem esse se uniuersi et militem credenslabores uelut..." - L
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...nosse tantum sed sequi deos docuit et accidentia non aliter excipere quam imperata. Vetuit parere opinionibus falsis..." - L
Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...sese adhuc reduxit introsus quod ad vocem et accidentia erigitur; habet intus aliquid sollicitudinis et habet aliquid concepti..." - L
de Constantia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...intemperantiam caeli, ut feruores morbosque et cetera forte accidentia, nec de quoquam tam bene iudicat ut illum quicquam..." - M
Liber III
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...solus quattuor, coniecturam, proprietatem, tralationem, qualitatem, quam per accidentia, id est kata symbebekos, vocat hac interpretatione: "an illi..." - M
IV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...satietas est, virtute consenui. quid adhuc inter accidentia fragilesque casus ago? homo receptus in publicas gratulationes praesentiae humilitate..."
