cessatio

Latin

Etymology

From cessō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kesˈsaː.ti.oː/, [kɛs̠ˈs̠äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃesˈsat.t͡si.o/, [t͡ʃesˈsät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

cessātiō f (genitive cessātiōnis); third declension

1. rest, relaxation, respite
2. inactivity, idleness

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cessātiō	cessātiōnēs
Genitive	cessātiōnis	cessātiōnum
Dative	cessātiōnī	cessātiōnibus
Accusative	cessātiōnem	cessātiōnēs
Ablative	cessātiōne	cessātiōnibus
Vocative	cessātiō	cessātiōnēs

Descendants

• Catalan: cessació
• English: cessation
• French: cessation
• Italian: cessazione
• → Portuguese: cessação
• Spanish: cesación

References

• “cessatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cessatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cessatio 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)
• cessatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.