collidi
Dictionary entries
- Entry →collido, collidere, collisi, collisus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
strike/dash together; crush, batter, deform; set into conflict with each other;
pres. pass. infin.
Examples
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...nubes collisae sunt, fulmina emitti ; ipsi existimant nubes collidi ut fulmina emittantur ; nam, cum omnia ad deum referant..."Liber VII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...esset, alterum altero abrogaretur, sed eas casu collidi et eventu. Colliduntur autem aut pares inter..."