bankrupt, to be Copy link Outline 1. rationes conturbare, Cic.2. dēcŏquo, coxi, coctum (with or without creditoribus)3. fŏro cēdere; if my debtor become b., I shall receive a dividend, si debitor foro cesserit, portionem feram, Sen.4. cădo, cĕcĭdi, cāsum, 3 (opposed to sto) • bankrupt, to be or become: 1. rationes conturbare, Cic.: and absol., Pedo becomes b., Matho fails, Pedo conturbat, Matho deficit, Juv. 2. dēcŏquo, coxi, coctum (with or without creditoribus): do you remember that you were a b. before you came of age? tenesne memoria praetextatum te decoxisse? Cic.: decoxit creditoribus suis, Plin. 3. fŏro cēdere; if my debtor become b., I shall receive a dividend, si debitor foro cesserit, portionem feram, Sen. 4. cădo, cĕcĭdi, cāsum, 3 (opposed to sto): turpius est privatim cadere quam publice, Cic. Att. 16, 15, 6. Phr.: I became utterly b. in my business, omnis res mea fracta est, Hor. (fig. with ref. to shipwreck): but for Caesar's generosity towards my client, this Postumus would have been b. long ago, nisi Caesaris in hunc liberalitas exstitisset, nos hunc Postumum jampridem in foro non haberemus, Cic.