cesso

See also: cessò

Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈse.su]
IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈse.so]

Verb

cesso

first-person singular present indicative of cessar

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛs.so/^[1]
Rhymes: -ɛsso
Hyphenation: cès‧so

Etymology 1

Deverbal from cessare (“to remove, to cause to withdraw (archaic)”) +‎ -o.^[2]

Noun

cesso m (plural cessi)

(informal, mildly vulgar) toilet, bog (UK), john (US)
(mildly vulgar) shithole
(military slang) latrine

Derived terms

vuotacessi

Noun

cesso m (plural cessi, feminine cessa)

(informal, derogatory, mildly vulgar) a fugly person

Adjective

cesso (feminine cessa, masculine plural cessi, feminine plural cesse)

(informal, mildly vulgar) fugly

Etymology 2

Verb

cesso

first-person singular present indicative of cessare

References

^ cesso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
^ cesso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

cosse, sceso

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *kezdō

Latin cēdō

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -tō

Latin cessō

From cēdō (“to withdraw”) + -tō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɛs.soː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛs.so]

Verb

cessō (present infinitive cessāre, perfect active cessāvī, supine cessātum); first conjugation (intransitive)

to stop, desist, halt, cease
Synonyms: subsistō, dēsistō, remittō, dēsinō, conticēscō, sistō, quiēscō, trānseō

Antonyms: coepiō, incohō, incipiō
- c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Proverbs.19.27:
  Nōn cessēs, fīlī, audīre doctrīnam, nec ignōrēs sermōnēs scientiae.
  Cease not, O my son, to hear instruction, and be not ignorant of the words of knowledge.
  (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)
to be lacking or wanting
Synonyms: dēsum, egeō, deficiō, dēlinquō, careō, indigeō, perdō

Antonyms: flōreō, niteō, abundō, affluō
- audacia cessare: lacking audacity
to delay, hold back, tarry
to rest, be still, inactive
Synonyms: dēsideō, vacō, langueō, iaceō, resideō, sileō, conquiēscō, conticēscō
(of things) to be left alone, be at rest, do nothing, stand idle, lie fallow, dormant
- c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca Minor, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium 47.16:
  Saepe bona māteria cessat sine artifice: temptā et experīre.
  Often good material lies dormant without an artist: try it and find out.
  (Seneca uses the metaphor of an artist and his material to refer to someone cultivating a friendship; in the context of letter 47, a master and his slave.)
to be free of

Conjugation

Conjugation of cessō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	cessō	cessās		cessat	cessāmus	cessātis		cessant
	imperfect	cessābam	cessābās		cessābat	cessābāmus	cessābātis		cessābant
	future	cessābō	cessābis		cessābit	cessābimus	cessābitis		cessābunt
	perfect	cessāvī	cessāvistī, cessāstī¹		cessāvit, cessāt¹	cessāvimus, cessāmus¹	cessāvistis, cessāstis¹		cessāvērunt, cessārunt, cessāvēre¹
	pluperfect	cessāveram, cessāram¹	cessāverās, cessārās¹		cessāverat, cessārat¹	cessāverāmus, cessārāmus¹	cessāverātis, cessārātis¹		cessāverant, cessārant¹
	future perfect	cessāverō, cessārō¹	cessāveris, cessāris¹		cessāverit, cessārit¹	cessāverimus, cessārimus¹	cessāveritis, cessāritis¹		cessāverint, cessārint¹
passive	present	cessor	cessāris, cessāre		cessātur	cessāmur	cessāminī		cessantur
	imperfect	cessābar	cessābāris, cessābāre		cessābātur	cessābāmur	cessābāminī		cessābantur
	future	cessābor	cessāberis, cessābere		cessābitur	cessābimur	cessābiminī		cessābuntur
	perfect	cessātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cessātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cessātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	cessem	cessēs		cesset	cessēmus	cessētis		cessent
	imperfect	cessārem	cessārēs		cessāret	cessārēmus	cessārētis		cessārent
	perfect	cessāverim, cessārim¹	cessāverīs, cessārīs¹		cessāverit, cessārit¹	cessāverīmus, cessārīmus¹	cessāverītis, cessārītis¹		cessāverint, cessārint¹
	pluperfect	cessāvissem, cessāssem¹	cessāvissēs, cessāssēs¹		cessāvisset, cessāsset¹	cessāvissēmus, cessāssēmus¹	cessāvissētis, cessāssētis¹		cessāvissent, cessāssent¹
passive	present	cesser	cessēris, cessēre		cessētur	cessēmur	cessēminī		cessentur
	imperfect	cessārer	cessārēris, cessārēre		cessārētur	cessārēmur	cessārēminī		cessārentur
	perfect	cessātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cessātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	cessā		—	—	cessāte		—
active	future	—	cessātō		cessātō	—	cessātōte		cessantō
passive	present	—	cessāre		—	—	cessāminī		—
passive	future	—	cessātor		cessātor	—	—		cessantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		cessāre		cessārī		cessāns		—
future		cessātūrum esse		cessātum īrī		cessātūrus		cessandus
perfect		cessāvisse, cessāsse¹		cessātum esse		—		cessātus
future perfect		—		cessātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		cessātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		cessandī	cessandō		cessandum	cessandō	cessātum		cessātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Descendants

Catalan: cessar
English: cease, cess
French: cesser
Galician: cesar
Italian: cessare
Norman: cêssi (Jersey)
Occitan: cessar
Piedmontese: cessé
Portuguese: cessar
Spanish: cejar, cesar

References

“cesso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
cesso in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
“cesso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“cesso”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the wind dies down, ceases: ventus cadit, cessat

Portuguese

Verb

cesso

first-person singular present indicative of cessar

[1] sso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

[2] sso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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