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P / percīdo
verb transitive

percīdo

2nd PP per-cīdere · 3rd PP percīdi · 4th PP percīsum · conj. 3rd
(perf. percecīdi, Flor. 4, 12, 7)
to beat; cut to pieces; to smash
caedo, to beat or cut to pieces, to smash.
os alicui, Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 12; id. Cas. 2, 6, 52; Sen. Q. N. 4, 4, 1.— in general •
In gen.: os alicui, Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 12; id. Cas. 2, 6, 52; Sen. Q. N. 4, 4, 1.—
especially
To cut to pieces; rout utterly; destroy •
To cut to pieces, rout utterly, destroy: exercitum, Flor. 3, 20, 10: terga hostium, id. 4, 12, 7.—
In mal. part., i. q. paedicare, Mart. 4, 48, 1; 7, 62, 1 al.; Sen. Prov. 5, 3;… •
In mal. part., i. q. paedicare, Mart. 4, 48, 1; 7, 62, 1 al.; Sen. Prov. 5, 3; Mart. 12, 35, 2; cf.: percisus, paedicatus, πεπυγισμένος, Gloss. Philox.; so, too, alicui os, i. q. irrumare, Mart. 2, 72, 3 (al. praecisum).
Perseus ID: n34695 Key: percido