exscidium

1.

excĭdĭum (sometimes written exscidium, as if from exscindo), ii, n. [usually referred to ex-cīdo], overthrow, demolition, subversion, ruin (especially of cities, buildings, etc.), destruction (not freq. till the Aug. per.;

not in Caes. and Cic.): urbis,

Liv. 27, 39 fin.; Tac. H. 1, 80; 3, 76; Verg. A. 5, 626.—In plur.:

petit urbem excidiis,

Verg. G. 2, 505; id. A. 2, 643; 10, 46; Liv. 9, 45; 29, 1 al.:

castellorum,

Tac. H. 4, 15:

arcium,

Verg. A. 12, 655:

Libyae,

id. ib. 1, 22:

gentium,

Vell. 2, 98, 2; Tac. H. 5, 25; cf.

Cretensium,

Sall. H. Fragm. p. 290 ed. Gerl.:

legionum,

Tac. H. 4, 61:

meorum,

Verg. A. 8, 386 et saep.

2.

excĭdĭum, ii, n. [excĭdo], a going down, setting:

solis,

Prud. Apoth. 694.