procido

1.

prō-cĭdo, ĭdi, 3, v. n. [cado], to fall forwards or down, to fall flat, fall prostrate (perh. not ante-Aug.).

I.

In gen.:

ad pedes alicujus,

Hor. Epod. 17, 13:

praeceps procidit ante proram,

Liv. 26, 39:

universi prociderunt,

id. 45, 25:

in corpus amici,

Stat. Th. 9, 47:

cum tu lassata sequendo Procidis,

Ov. M. 9, 649:

impulsa cupressus Euro Procidit late,

Hor. C. 4, 6, 10:

muri pars prociderat,

Liv. 31, 46 fin. —

II.

In partic., of a part of the body, to fall down or forwards out of its place:

oculi procidunt,

Cels. 6, 6, 8 fin.:

oculi procidentes,

Plin. 24, 13, 73, § 118:

si procidant vulvae,

id. 23, 6, 54, § 103:

pastilli ex acaciā sistunt vulvam et sedem procidentes,

id. 24, 12, 67, § 110.—Hence, prōcĭdentĭa, ĭum, P. a., n. plur., parts of the body that [p. 1452] fall out of their place, Plin. 23, 1, 27, § 56; 24, 11, 59, § 99.

2.

procīdo, no perf., īsum, 3, v. a. [pro-caedo], to strike down, Not. Tir. p. 18:

procisus, praecisus,

id. ib.