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+ {{homograph|1|to sink down}}
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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=la cadō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈsʊk.kɪ.doː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈsut.t͡ʃi.do]^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Forms==
+ '''succidō''' (present infinitive succidere, perfect active succidī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)
+ It is also spelled ''subcidō''.^(OLD 2012)
+
+ ==Etymology==
+ This verb is from [[sub-]] “under” and [[cadō]] “to fall”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Plautus, of knees giving way.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
+
+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant of the knees to give way, sink down, as in Plautus and Lucretius, and in Varro to fall under a term, be included.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
+
+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of a term.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To give way, sink down.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To fall under (a term).^(OLD 2012)
+
+ ==Word family==
+ * [[succiduus]]
+
+ {{homograph|2|to cut from below}}
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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Varro|origins=la caedō}}
+
+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [sʊkˈkiː.doː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [sutˈt͡ʃiː.do]^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Forms==
+ '''succīdō''' (present infinitive succīdere, perfect active succīdī, supine succīsum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Etymology==
+ This verb is from [[sub-]] and [[caedō]] “to cut”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Varro, of felling.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
+
+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to cut from below or at the base, fell trees, cut down crops, as in Varro and Caesar's ''arboribus succīsīs'' “with felled trees”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) In Vitruvius it meant to carve out underneath, and in Gellius to kill victims as a second offering.^(OLD 2012)
+
+ ==Timeline==
+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of felled trees.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To cut down, [[m|en|fell]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # To undercut.^(OLD 2012)
+
+ ==Related words==
+ * [[accidō]]
+ * [[cadō]]
+ * [[concidō]]
+ * [[dēcidō]]
+ * [[excidō]]
+ * [[incidō]]
+ * [[intercidō]]
+ * [[occidō]]
+ * [[prōcidō]]
+ * [[recidō]]
+ * [[caedō]]
+ * [[succīsiō]]
+
+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}