Lewis & Short

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per-caedo, cĕcīdi, caesum, v. a., to cut up completely = ad internecionem caedere (post-class.): exercitum, Flor. 3, 20, 10. (dub.; al. cecidit): terga hostium, id. 4, 12, 7.

per-cīdo, cīdi, cīsum (perf. percecīdi, Flor. 4, 12, 7), 3, v. a. [caedo], to beat or cut to pieces, to smash.

  1. I. In gen.: os alicui, Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 12; id. Cas. 2, 6, 52; Sen. Q. N. 4, 4, 1.
  2. II. Esp.
    1. A. To cut to pieces, rout utterly, destroy: exercitum, Flor. 3, 20, 10: terga hostium, id. 4, 12, 7.
    2. B. 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).