caedo
Caedo is a Latin verb meaning to cut, strike, or kill. In classical Latin the word encompasses physical cutting with a blade, slaying in battle, and more broadly destroying or overpowering. It can also be used figuratively to denote defeating an opponent or bringing about destruction, and in agricultural or timber-cutting contexts it may mean to fell or trim. The noun caedes, meaning slaughter or murder, and the perfect passive participle caesus, meaning slain, are derived from the verb.
Grammar and principal parts: caedō, caedere, cecīdī, caesus. It is a third-conjugation verb. Present active indicative
Usage and examples: caedō hostem, “I cut down the enemy”; silvam caedunt, “they cut down the forest.”
See also: caedes (slaughter), caedēs (slaughter, murder), caesus (slain). The verb also yields related forms and