incidō

From in- (“into, to”) +‎ cadō (“to fall, fall down, drop”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈin.ki.doː/, [ˈɪŋkɪd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈin.t͡ʃi.do/, [ˈin̠ʲt͡ʃid̪o]

Verb

incidō (present infinitive incidere, perfect active incidī, future participle incāsūrus); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem except in the futureactive participle

1. (literally)
   1. (in general) [+ in (accusative)] [+dative] to fall or drop into or upon something
   2. (in particular) [+ in (accusative)] [+ inter (object)] [+dative] to fall upon, meet, come upon (by chance), happen on, fall in with a person or thing
   3. (transferred sense) to fall upon, attack, assault

      incidere in hostes ― to fall upon the enemy

2. (figurative) [+ in (accusative)] [+dative]
   1. (in general) to fall into any condition

      manibus (or in manus) incidere ― to fall under the influence (or authority) of someone

   2. to fall upon, arise, occur; to happen to, befall
   3. (in particular)
      1. to fall upon accidentally; to crop up, fall upon, light upon in thought or conversation
      2. to come or occur to one's mind

         casu in alicuius mentionem incidere ― to come to one’s mind by chance

      3. to fall upon, happen in a certain time [ quotations ▼]

Usage notes

In Late Latin, the prepositional use is sometimes replaced with a bare accusative.

Etymology 2

From in- (“into, to”) +‎ caedō (“to cut, hew, lop; to beat, strike”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈkiː.doː/, [ɪŋˈkiːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈt͡ʃi.do/, [in̠ʲˈt͡ʃiːd̪o]

Verb

incīdō (present infinitive incīdere, perfect active incīdī, supine incīsum); third conjugation

1. (literally, Classical Latin) to cut or hew open, into, through, or up; to dissect, slit, sever; to clip [ synonyms ▲]

   Synonyms: findō, scindō, dīscindō, discerpō, discīdō, carpō, intercīdō, amputō, putō

2. (transferred sense)
3. to cut into, carve, engrave, inscribe on something
4. (rare) to make by cutting, cut
5. (figurative)
6. to break off, interrupt, stop, put an end to
7. to cut off, cut short, take away, remove
8. (rhetoric) to make by cutting, to cut