cesso

See also: cessò

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

cesso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cessar

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛs.so/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛsso
  • Hyphenation: cès‧so

Etymology 1

Deverbal from cessare (“to remove, to cause to withdraw (archaic)”) +‎ -o.[2]

Noun

cesso m (plural cessi)

  1. (informal, mildly vulgar) toilet, bog (UK), john (US)
  2. (mildly vulgar) shithole
  3. (military slang) latrine
Derived terms
See also

Noun

cesso m (plural cessi, feminine cessa)

  1. (informal, derogatory, mildly vulgar) a fugly person

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 Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  2. ^ 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,
cessārunt,
cessāvēre1
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 infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present cessāre cessārī cessāns —
future cessātūrum esse cessātum īrī cessātūrus cessandus
perfect cessāvisse,
cessāsse1 		cessātum esse — cessātus
future perfect — cessātum fore — —
perfect potential cessātūrum fuisse — — —
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

  • Catalan: cessar
  • English: cease, cess
  • French: cesser
  • Galician: cesar
  • Italian: cessare
  • Norman: cêssi (Jersey)
  • Occitan: cessar
  • Piedmontese: cessé
  • Portuguese: cessar
  • Spanish: cejar, cesar

References

  • “cesso”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cesso in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), 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[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the wind dies down, ceases: ventus cadit, cessat

Portuguese

Verb

cesso

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cessar
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