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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Ennius|origins=la cēdō}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈkɛs.soː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈt͡ʃɛs.so]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''cessō''' (present infinitive cessāre, perfect active cessāvī, supine cessātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is a frequentative of [[cēdō]] “to go, withdraw, yield”, with the suffix -tō: literally to keep holding back.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's first citations are from Plautus and Ennius, of delaying and hesitating.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Ennius 204–169 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to hold back, delay, dally, as Plautus' ''quid cessās?'' “why are you dawdling?”, and to hesitate to do something, as in Ennius.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) It meant to desist, rest from an activity, as in Terence, of conditions to cease, and of things to stop, give out, as in Virgil.^(OLD 2012) It meant to be remiss, in law to default or fail to appear, to be idle, rest, as in Cato, of things to lie unused, of land to lie fallow, as in Virgil, to be at rest, and of rules to be inoperative.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to cease, stop, delay, loiter.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in French ''cesser'', Italian ''cessare'' and Spanish ''cesar''.^(Wiktionary) Through Old French ''cesser'' it is the source of [[en|cease]] about 1300.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of dawdling.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it of hesitating.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of desisting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 1300 – English ''cease'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To delay, hesitate, dally.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To desist, rest; to [[m|en|cease]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # To be remiss, ''(law)'' to default.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To be idle, ''(of land)'' to lie fallow.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To be at rest; to be inoperative.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[cessātiō]]
+ * [[cessātor]]
+ * [[cessātrīx]]
+ * [[concessō]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[cēdō]]
+ * [[en|cease]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}