decessus
Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of dēcēdō.
Pronunciation
- dēcessus: (Classical) IPA(key): /deːˈkes.sus/, [d̪eːˈkɛs̠ːʊs̠]
- dēcessus: (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈt͡ʃes.sus/, [d̪eˈt͡ʃɛsːus]
- dēcessūs: (Classical) IPA(key): /deːˈkes.suːs/, [d̪eːˈkɛs̠ːuːs̠]
- dēcessūs: (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈt͡ʃes.sus/, [d̪eˈt͡ʃɛsːus]
Participle
dēcessus (feminine dēcessa, neuter dēcessum); first/second-declension participle
- withdrawn, retired, departed, left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
- relinquished
- deserted
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | dēcessus | dēcessa | dēcessum | dēcessī | dēcessae | dēcessa | |
| Genitive | dēcessī | dēcessae | dēcessī | dēcessōrum | dēcessārum | dēcessōrum | |
| Dative | dēcessō | dēcessō | dēcessīs | ||||
| Accusative | dēcessum | dēcessam | dēcessum | dēcessōs | dēcessās | dēcessa | |
| Ablative | dēcessō | dēcessā | dēcessō | dēcessīs | |||
| Vocative | dēcesse | dēcessa | dēcessum | dēcessī | dēcessae | dēcessa | |
Noun
dēcessus m (genitive dēcessūs); fourth declension
- departure
- retirement
- passing away, death
- decline, fall, ebb
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dēcessus | dēcessūs |
| Genitive | dēcessūs | dēcessuum |
| Dative | dēcessuī | dēcessibus |
| Accusative | dēcessum | dēcessūs |
| Ablative | dēcessū | dēcessibus |
| Vocative | dēcessus | dēcessūs |
References
- “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, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the ebb: decessus aestus
- the ebb: decessus aestus