decessus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of dēcēdō.

Pronunciation

• dēcessus: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːˈkes.sus/, [d̪eːˈkɛs̠ːʊs̠]
• dēcessus: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈt͡ʃes.sus/, [d̪eˈt͡ʃɛsːus]
• dēcessūs: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːˈkes.suːs/, [d̪eːˈkɛs̠ːuːs̠]
• dēcessūs: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈt͡ʃes.sus/, [d̪eˈt͡ʃɛsːus]

Participle

dēcessus (feminine dēcessa, neuter dēcessum); first/second-declension participle

1. withdrawn, retired, departed, left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

2. relinquished
3. 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

1. departure
2. retirement
3. passing away, death
4. 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

Descendants

• Italian: decesso
• Norman: décès
• Old French: deces
  • → English: decease
  • Middle French: deces
    • French: décès
      • → Romanian: deces
• Portuguese: decesso
• Spanish: deceso

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