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
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..."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..."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..."
