cesso

See also: cessò

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Verb

cesso

1. first-person singular present indicative 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.

Noun

cesso m (plural cessi)

1. (informal, mildly vulgar) toilet, bog (UK), john (US)
2. (mildly vulgar) shithole
3. (military slang) latrine
4. (informal, derogatory, mildly vulgar) a fugly person

Derived terms

• vuotacessi

See also

• gabinetto

Adjective

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

1. (informal, mildly vulgar) fugly

Etymology 2

Verb

cesso

1. first-person singular present indicative of cessare

Anagrams

• cosse, sceso

Latin

Etymology

From cēdō (“I withdraw”) +‎ -tō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkes.soː/, [ˈkɛs̠ːoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃes.so/, [ˈt͡ʃɛsːo]

Verb

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

1. to 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)

2. to be lacking or wanting

   Synonyms: dēsum, egeō, deficiō, dēlinquō, careō, indigeō, perdō

   Antonyms: flōreō, niteō, abundō, affluō

   • audacia cessare: lacking audacity
3. to delay, hold back, tarry
4. to rest, be still, inactive

   Synonyms: dēsideō, vacō, langueō, iaceō, resideō, sileō, conquiēscō, conticēscō

5. to be free of

Conjugation

Conjugation of cessō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		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
		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
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	cessā	—	—	cessāte	—
	future	—	cessātō	cessātō	—	cessātōte	cessantō
passive	present	—	cessāre	—	—	cessāminī	—
	future	—	cessātor	cessātor	—	—	cessantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		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 (2003-2024), 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

1. first-person singular present indicative of cessar