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
Adelphoe
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...uere dicunt: si absis uspiam atque ibi si cesses, euenire ea satius est, quae in te uxor dicit..."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..."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..."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..."
