Latin edit

Noun edit

dēcessiō f (genitive dēcessiōnis); third declension

  1. departure, going away
    Synonyms: sēcessiō, cessiō, recessiō, discessus, discessiō, ēgressus, excessiō, dīgressiō, dīgressus, excessus, dēcessus, sēcessus, recessus
    Antonyms: prōgressus, prōgressiō, prōcessus, prōcessiō, accessus, accessiō
  2. retirement of a magistrate
  3. decrease, diminution, abatement or disappearance

Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dēcessiō dēcessiōnēs
Genitive dēcessiōnis dēcessiōnum
Dative dēcessiōnī dēcessiōnibus
Accusative dēcessiōnem dēcessiōnēs
Ablative dēcessiōne dēcessiōnibus
Vocative dēcessiō dēcessiōnēs

Descendants edit

  • English: decession

References edit

  • decessio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • decessio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • decessio 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)
  • decessio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • decessio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016