cessanti
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cesso, cessare, cessavi, cessatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
be remiss/inactive; hold back, leave off, delay, cease from; rest; be free of;
abl. sg. pres. act. part.dat. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber VII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...575promouet ipse acies, inpellit terga suorum,uerbere conuersae cessantis excitat hastae,in plebem uetat ire manus monstratque senatum..."Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...nemoris, quaesita per agros 450plaustra ferunt, curuoque soli cessantis aratroagricolae raptis annum fleuere iuuencis. dux tamen inpatiens haesuri..."Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...concepisse nos animo perfecti illius et nulla parte cessantis. V. Nam et sapientem formantes eum qui sit futurus..."