previous next
dēcessĭo , ōnis, f. decedo,
I.a going away, departure (opp. accessio—good prose).
I. Lit.
B. Esp.
1. The withdrawal, retirement of a magistrate from the province he has governed, Cic. Pis. 36, 89; id. Att. 6, 5 fin.; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1.—
2. Pregn., the decrease, diminution, abatement, or entire disappearance of an object: “neque enim ulla decessio fieri poterat neque accessio,Cic. Univ. 6: “utrum accessionem decumae an decessionem de summa fecerit,id. Rab. Post. 11, 30 sq.; Dig. 29, 4, 28 fin.: “decessio capitis aut accessio,Cic. Div. 2, 15, 36: “accessio et decessio febris,Cels. 3, 3 fin.; so id. 2, 4 et saep.—
3. Decease: “Juliani,Spart. Did. Jul. 7 fin.— *
II. Trop.: verborum, the transition, transferring of words from their primary to a derivative meaning, Gell. 13, 29, 1.
hide Dictionary Entry Lookup
Use this tool to search for dictionary entries in all lexica.
Search for in
hide References (10 total)
  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (10):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 4.4
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 6.5
    • Cicero, Letters to his brother Quintus, 1.1.1
    • Cicero, Against Piso, 36.89
    • Cicero, For Rabirius Postumus, 11.30
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 2.4
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 3.3
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 2.15
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 13.29.1
    • Cicero, Timaeus, 6
hide Display Preferences
Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar: