fall out Copy link Outline I. Lit.II. To happen1. cădo, 32. evĕnio, vēni, ventum, 4III. To begin quarrelling • fall out: I. Lit.: excĭdo, cĭdi, 3: the swords fell out of their hands, gladii de manibus exciderunt, Cic.: the handle fell out of my fingers, ex digitis excidit ansa meis, Ov.: Palinurus had fallen out astern, P. exciderat puppi, Virg.: as each man's lot had fallen out, ut cujusque sors exciderat, Liv.: v. to drop. II. To happen: 1. cădo, 3: it fell out as I wished, ita cadebat ut vellem, Cic. 2. evĕnio, vēni, ventum, 4: you see that nearly everything has fallen out in the contrary way to what was predicted, vides omnia fere contra ac dicta sunt evenisse, Cic.: things have fallen out otherwise than as was hoped, praeter spem evenit, Ter.: v. to happen, occur. III. To begin quarrelling: dissĭdeo, sēdi, sessum, 2: he at first lived on good terms with Julia, but afterwards fell out with her, cum Julia primo concorditer vixit, mox dissedit, Suet.: they have fallen out slightly, leviter inter se dissident, Cic. Phr.: he lived 39 years with his wife without once f.ing out with her, vixit cum uxore xxxix annis sine jurgio, Plin. Ep.: v. to quarrel.