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decessus

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Latin

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Etymology

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Perfect passive participle of dēcēdō.

Pronunciation

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Participle

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dēcessus (feminine dēcessa, neuter dēcessum); first/second-declension participle

  1. withdrawn, retired, departed, left
    Synonyms: recessus, sēcessiō, cessiō, dēcessiō, recessiō, discessus, discessiō, ēgressus, excessiō, dīgressiō, dīgressus, excessus, sēcessus
    Antonyms: prōgressus, prōgressiō, prōcessus, prōcessiō, accessus, accessiō
  2. relinquished
  3. deserted

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative dēcessus dēcessa dēcessum dēcessī dēcessae dēcessa
genitive dēcessī dēcessae dēcessī dēcessōrum dēcessārum dēcessōrum
dative dēcessō dēcessae dēcessō dēcessīs
accusative dēcessum dēcessam dēcessum dēcessōs dēcessās dēcessa
ablative dēcessō dēcessā dēcessō dēcessīs
vocative dēcesse dēcessa dēcessum dēcessī dēcessae dēcessa

Noun

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dēcessus m (genitive dēcessūs); fourth declension

  1. departure
  2. retirement
  3. passing away, death
  4. decline, fall, ebb

Declension

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Fourth-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative dēcessus dēcessūs
genitive dēcessūs dēcessuum
dative dēcessuī dēcessibus
accusative dēcessum dēcessūs
ablative dēcessū dēcessibus
vocative dēcessus dēcessūs

Descendants

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  • Italian: decesso
  • Norman: décès
  • Old French: deces
  • Portuguese: decesso
  • Spanish: deceso

References

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  • decessus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • decessus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • decessus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • decessus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the ebb: decessus aestus