cesso

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See also: cessò

Catalan

Pronunciation

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
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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

References

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

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From cēdō (I withdraw) +‎ -tō.

Pronunciation

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
  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

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, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the wind dies down, ceases: ventus cadit, cessat

Portuguese

Verb

cesso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cessar