noun

dēcessus

gen. dēcessūs · gender masculine · decl. 4th

a going away, departure

a going away, departure (opp. accessus—good prose).

In gen.: post Dionysii decessum, Nep. Tim. 2, 3.— •

In gen.: post Dionysii decessum, Nep. Tim. 2, 3.—

especially

The withdrawal, retirement •

The withdrawal, retirement of a magistrate from the province he has governed (in Cic. oftener decessio): post M. Bruti decessum, Cic. Phil. 2, 38; so Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10 fin.—

decrease, disappearance, departure ••

Pregn., decrease, disappearance, departure: aestūs, the ebbing, subsidence, Caes. B. G. 3, 13; Nili, Plin. 18, 18, 47, § 168: febris, Cels. 3, 12: morbi, Gell. 4, 2, 13.—

Decease, death •

Decease, death: amicorum decessu plerique angi solent, Cic. Lael. 3, 10; cf.: EX DECESSV L. CAESARIS, Cenot. Pis. ap. Orell. Inscr. 643.

Perseus ID: n12475 Key: decessus