decessum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →decedo, decedere, decessi, decessus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
withdraw/retire, go off/away, depart, leave; relinquish/cease; desert/abandon;; quit office and return home; make/get out of the way; yield; wane; fall short;; stray/digress; pass away/depart life, die; subside/cease (feelings); disappear;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →decessus, decessus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
departure; retirement (provincial magistrate); passing/death; decline/fall/ebb;
acc. sg.gen. pl.
Examples
Timoleon
Cornelius Nepos
"...quanto regno ad quam fortunam detulisset. Post Dionysii decessum cum Hiceta bellavit, qui adversatus erat Dionysio; quem..."Liber III
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...planiores quam nostrarum navium, quo facilius vada ac decessum aestus excipere possent; prorae admodum erectae atque item puppes..."Liber XXXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...tradenda consuleret. Dato tempore ad eam diem praesidio decessum est. A Perga L. Manlio fratre cum quattuor milibus..."Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...esset quam qua stultitia et temeritate de officio decessum. Conlaudatus ab imperatore tria milia militum ad occupandam..."