recedo, recedere, recessi, recessus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
recede, go back, withdraw, ebb; retreat; retire; move/keep/pass/slip away;
Conjugations
Finite Forms
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | recedo | recedimus |
| 2 | recedis | receditis |
| 3 | recedit | recedunt |
Infinitives
| Voice | Tense | Forms |
|---|---|---|
| active | present | recedere |
| active | perfect | recessisse |
| passive | present | recedi |
Imperatives
active
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | recede | recedite |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | recedito | receditote |
| 3 | recedito | recedunto |
passive
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | recedere | recedimini |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | receditor | — |
| 3 | receditor | receduntor |
Participles
Perfect Passive Participle
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | recessus | recessi |
| Gen. | recessi | recessorum |
| Dat. | recesso | — |
| Acc. | recessum | recessos |
| Voc. | recesse | recessi |
| Abl. | recesso | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | recessa | recessae |
| Gen. | recessae | recessarum |
| Dat. | recessae | — |
| Acc. | recessam | recessas |
| Voc. | recessa | recessae |
| Abl. | recessa | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | recessum | recessa |
| Gen. | recessi | recessorum |
| Dat. | recesso | — |
| Acc. | recessum | recessa |
| Voc. | recessum | recessa |
| Abl. | recesso | — |
Supines
accusative: recessum; ablative: recessu
Examples
- L
de Tranquillitate Animi
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...acies, facilius aduersus illam animum quam oculos attollo; recedo itaque non peior, sed tristior, nec inter illa friuola..." - L
Agamemnon
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...parum. morieris hodie. [El.] Dummodo hac moriar manu. recedo ab aris. siue te iugulo iuuat mersisse ferrum, praebeo..." - M
XVII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...doloris causa dicor, si propius aspiciar, videor, si recedo, contemnere. quousque vincemus? nesciunt prorsus abdicationibus mederi..." - M
XVI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...liberos, qui misericordia detinentur. ut turpe sit, quod recedo, in eo tantum est, ad quem revertor..." - M
VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...fortasse, si redieris, videbit. in summa: non recedo; fas est mihi etiam invitis parentibus pie facere. non recedo..." 
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...haeret, non ego nunc vestro procul a sermone recedo. certum est: inde sonus geminas mihi circumit aures..."- G
Liber VII
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...maestus ac similis excluso a vacuo limine recedo. Unum tempus his tormentis caret, quo in foro et Samicorum..."