excessus

Latin

Etymology

From excēdō +‎ -tus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛkˈskɛs.sʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ekˈʃɛs.sus]

Noun

excessus m (genitive excessūs); fourth declension

1. departure

   Synonyms: recessus, sēcessiō, cessiō, dēcessiō, recessiō, discessus, discessiō, ēgressus, excessiō, dīgressiō, dīgressus, dēcessus, sēcessus

   Antonyms: prōgressus, prōgressiō, prōcessus, prōcessiō, accessus, accessiō

2. demise, death
3. digression
4. deviation, aberration

   Synonyms: dēviātiō, dīgressiō, ēgressiō, ēgressus, dēverticulum

5. (Medieval Latin) punishment, redress, compensation

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	excessus	excessūs
genitive	excessūs	excessuum
dative	excessuī	excessibus
accusative	excessum	excessūs
ablative	excessū	excessibus
vocative	excessus	excessūs

Descendants

• Catalan: excés
• French: excès
• Italian: eccesso
• → German: Exzess (learned)
• Portuguese: excesso
• Romanian: exces
• → Russian: эксцесс (ekscess) (learned)
• Spanish: exceso

References

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