recessus

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Perfect passive participle of recēdō (to go back, give ground, retire, withdraw).

Participle

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recessus (feminine recessa, neuter recessum, adverb recessim); first/second-declension participle

  1. perfect passive participle of recēdō
  2. drawn back, receding; standing farther back
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Inflection
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First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative recessus recessa recessum recessī recessae recessa
Genitive recessī recessae recessī recessōrum recessārum recessōrum
Dative recessō recessō recessīs
Accusative recessum recessam recessum recessōs recessās recessa
Ablative recessō recessā recessō recessīs
Vocative recesse recessa recessum recessī recessae recessa

Etymology 2

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From recēdō (to go back, give ground, retire, withdraw) +‎ -tus (action noun suffix).

Noun

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recessus m (genitive recessūs); fourth declension

  1. a going back, receding, retiring, retreat, departure
    Synonyms: sēcessiō, cessiō, dēcessiō, recessiō, discessus, discessiō, ēgressus, excessiō, dīgressiō, dīgressus, excessus, dēcessus, sēcessus
    Antonyms: prōgressus, prōgressiō, prōcessus, prōcessiō, accessus, accessiō
    1. (metonymically) a distant, retired, secluded or secret spot; a nook, corner, retreat, recess
      Synonyms: sēcessus, sēcrētum
  2. (figurative) retreat, withdrawal
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Inflection
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Fourth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative recessus recessūs
Genitive recessūs recessuum
Dative recessuī recessibus
Accusative recessum recessūs
Ablative recessū recessibus
Vocative recessus recessūs
Descendants
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References

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  • recessus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • recessus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • recessus 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)
  • recessus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • ebb and flow (of tide): accessus et recessus aestuum