accidentium
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);
gen. pl. pres. act. part. - Entry →accidentia, accidentiae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
chance, casual event, that which happens;
gen. pl. - Entry →accidens, accidentis:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
accidental happening, chance event, contingency; accident, circumstance;
gen. pl.
Examples
- L
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...condicionem rerum humanarum respiciendum est, ut omnium accidentium aequi iudices simus; iniquus autem est qui commune uitium singulis..." - M
XVII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...nunc vobis universos audire miseros? possimus fortassis aliorum accidentium sperare finem; non habent proximorum odia regressum. quaecumque nexus..." - M
V
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...tanta malorum continuatione iam poteram nihil ex accidentium meorum novitate mirari, nullumque mihi reliquerint inpatientiae genus adversa, quae..."
