(excēssis for excesseris, T.), cessus, ere, to
go out, go forth, depart, retire, withdraw: abiit, excessit:
metu, L.: quoquam ex istoc loco, T.: ex tenebris in lucem: ex itinere, Cs.: acie, Cs.: bello, S.: urbibus, L.: urbem, L.—To project,
reach: rupes quattuor stadia in altitudinem excedit,
Cu.—To be in excess: ut nulla pars excederet
extra, i. e. destroy the balance of the whole. — Fig., to go out,
depart, leave, withdraw, disappear: animi cum ex corpore
excessissent: palmā, yield the victory, V.: excessit e vitā, died: Quom e
medio excessit, T.: excessit quinquagesimo anno,
Ta.—Of things: cura ex corde excessit, T.: cognomen
memoriā excessit, L. — To go beyond, exceed, pass,
extend, attain, pass over: postquam excessit ex ephebis,
T.: ex pueris: ad patres etiam et ad publicam querimoniam excessit
res, L.: insequentia excedunt in eum annum,
qui, etc., L.: paululum ad enarrandum, etc., digress, L.:
eo laudis excedere, quo, etc., attain such fame, Ta.
— To surpass, exceed, overtop, tower above: summam
octoginta milium, L.: fidem, belief, O.
Lewis, Charlton, T. An Elementary Latin Dictionary. New York, Cincinnati, and Chicago. American Book Company. 1890.
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