concaedis

concaedis

Latin

Etymology

Probably con- + caedes, a cutting down together

Noun

concaedis f (genitive concaedis); third declension

1. a barricade, generally of trees or logs
   • 117, Tacitus, Annals, Liber I, 50:

     At Romanus agmine propero silvam Caesiam limitemque a Tiberio coeptum scindit, castra in limite locat, frontem ac tergum vallo, latera concaedibus munitus.

     But the Roman general in a forced march, cut through the Caesian forest and the barrier which had been begun by Tiberius, and pitched his camp on this barrier, his front and rear being defended by intrenchments, his flanks by timber barricades.

   • 378—391, Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, Liber XVI, 12, 15:

     ...sed concaede arborum densa undique semitis clausis...

     ...but having blocked the paths everywhere with a thick barricade of trees...

   • 1676, Johannes Loccenius, Historiae Suecanae, p. 336:

     Si vero iam constaret de adventu hostis, facile роssе caesis arboribus oppleri & obrui viam in fronte aut fine concaedis, pro ut opus esset.

     If indeed he were already correct about the coming of the enemy, the road could easily be filled up by means of cut down trees and be covered over on the front or end of the barricade, just as the work would be.

Inflection

Third declension, alternative accusative singular in -im, alternative ablative singular in -ī and accusative plural in -īs.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	concaedis	concaedēs
Genitive	concaedis	concaedium
Dative	concaedī	concaedibus
Accusative	concaedem concaedim	concaedēs concaedīs
Ablative	concaede concaedī	concaedibus
Vocative	concaedis	concaedēs

References

concaedes in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879