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dēcessus , ūs, m. decedo,
I.a going away, departure (opp. accessus—good prose).
I. In gen.: “post Dionysii decessum,” Nep. Tim. 2, 3.—
II. Esp.
A. The withdrawal, retirement of a magistrate from the province he has governed (in Cic. oftener decessio): “post M. Bruti decessum,” Cic. Phil. 2, 38; so Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10 fin.—
B. Pregn., decrease, disappearance, departure: “aestūs,” the ebbing, subsidence, Caes. B. G. 3, 13; “Nili,” Plin. 18, 18, 47, § 168: “febris,” Cels. 3, 12: “morbi,” Gell. 4, 2, 13.—
2. Decease, death: “amicorum decessu plerique angi solent,” Cic. Lael. 3, 10; cf.: EX DECESSV L. CAESARIS, Cenot. Pis. ap. Orell. Inscr. 643.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 8.10
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 3.13
    • Cicero, Philippics, 2.38
    • Cornelius Nepos, Timoleon, 2.3
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 3.12
    • Cicero, De Amicitia, 3
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 4.2.13
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