cesse
Dictionary entries
- Entry →ceveo, cevere, cevi, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
move haunches in a lewd or effeminate manner, practice such behavior; fawn;
perf. act. infin. - Entry →cedo, cedere, cessi, cessus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
go/pass (from/away); withdraw/retire/leave; step aside/make way; take place of;; grant, concede, yield, submit; fall back/to; happen/result; start (period);
voc. sg. perf. pass. part. - —
Syncopated perfect often drops the 'v' and contracts vowel
Examples
- P
Adelphoe
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...uere dicunt: si absis uspiam atque ibi si cesses, euenire ea satius est, quae in te uxor dicit..." - L
Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE BENEFICIIS
"...deos quidem inmortales ab hac tam effusa nec cess itate sacrilegi neclegentesque eorum deterrent: utuntur natura..." - L
Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...iubes fieri nefas? reperi, quid haeres? ipsa iam cesses licet, haec ira satis est. Nvt. Pectoris sani parum..." - C
Res Gestae II
Caesar Augustus from Res Gestae Divi Augusti
"...Meroe. In Arabiam usque in fines Sabaeorum pro[cess]it exercitus ad oppidum Mariba. 27. Aegyptum imperio populi..."
