fell (v.) Copy link Outline I. In gen. sense, to prostrateII. Of timber1. caedo, cĕcīdi, caesum, 32. excīdo, di, sum, 3 (to cut down and destroy3. succīdo, 3 (by cutting at the root) • fell (v.): I. In gen. sense, to prostrate: sterno, consterno, strāvi, tum, 3: v. to knock down, level. II. Of timber: 1. caedo, cĕcīdi, caesum, 3: to f. trees, timber, arbores, materiam c., Caes.: v. to cut down. 2. excīdo, di, sum, 3 (to cut down and destroy: whereas caedo may refer to the hewing off of branches): all the trees being f.'d far and wide, omnibus arboribus longe lateque excisis, Caes. B. C. 2, 15. 3. succīdo, 3 (by cutting at the root): Plin. Phr.: to f. timber (for siege purposes, etc.), materiari, Caes. B. G. 7, 73.