cesso

See also: cessò

Catalan

Verb

cesso

first-person singular present indicative form of cessar

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Deverbal from cessare (“to remove, to cause to withdraw (archaic)”) +‎ -o.[1]

Noun

cesso m (plural cessi)

(informal) toilet, bog (UK), john (US)
(vulgar) shithole
(military slang) latrine
(informal) a fugly person

Derived terms

vuotacessi

Adjective

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

(informal) fugly

Verb

cesso

first-person singular present indicative of cessare

References

cesso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

cosse, sceso

Latin

Etymology

From cēdō (“I withdraw”) +‎ -tō.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkes.soː/, [ˈkɛs̠ːoː]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃes.so/, [ˈt͡ʃɛsːo]

Verb

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

(Intransitive) I stop, desist, halt, cease
Synonyms: subsistō, dēsistō, remittō, dēsinō, conticēscō, sistō, quiēscō, trānseō
Antonyms: coepiō, incohō, incipiō
- 405 CE, Jerome, 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)
(Intransitive) to be lacking or wanting
Synonyms: dēsum, egeō, deficiō, dēlinquō, careō, indigeō, perdō
Antonyms: flōreō, niteō, abundō, affluō
- audacia cessare: lacking audacity
(Intransitive) I delay, hold back, tarry
(Intransitive) I rest, am still, inactive
Synonyms: dēsideō, vacō, langueō, iaceō, resideō, sileō, conquiēscō, conticēscō
(Intransitive) I am 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, cessāvēre, cessārunt¹
	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		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cessāre	cessāvisse, cessāsse¹	cessātūrum esse	cessārī	cessātum esse	cessātum īrī
participles		cessāns	—	cessātūrus	—	cessātus	cessandus
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 (2003-2023) 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, 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 Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana