cessatio

Latin

Etymology

From cessō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɛsˈsaː.ti.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃesˈsat̪.t̪͡s̪i.o]

Noun

cessātiō f (genitive cessātiōnis); third declension

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

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	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.