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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>cessātĭo</b>: ōnis, f. [[cesso]].<br /><b>I</b> A [[tarrying]], delaying: non datur [[cessatio]], Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 103.—Hence,<br /><b>II</b> Inactivity, idling, [[cessation]], [[omission]], [[idleness]]: [[furtum]] cessationis quaerere, Q. Cic. Fam. 16, 26, 2: [[cessatio]] libera [[atque]] otiosa, Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 10 Orell. N. cr.: pugnae, Gell. 1, 25, 8: [[Epicurus]] [[nihil]] cessatione [[melius]] existimat... deum sic feriatum volumus cessatione torpere, etc., Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 102; 1, 37, 102.— So in jurid. lang., a [[punishable]] [[delay]], Dig. 37, 2, 6.—And of [[ground]], a [[lying]] [[fallow]], Col. 2, 1, 3.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>cessātĭō</b>, ōnis, f. ([[cesso]]),<br /><b>1</b> retard, lenteur, retardement : [[non]] datur [[cessatio]] Pl. Pœn. 925, il n’y a pas de temps à perdre<br /><b>2</b> arrêt de l’activité, repos : [[Epicurus]] [[nihil]] cessatione [[melius]] existimat Cic. Nat. 1, 36, Épicure ne trouve [[rien]] de préférable au repos<br /><b>3</b> arrêt, cessation : [[cessatio]] pugnæ Gell. 1, 25, 8, cessation du combat<br /><b>4</b> repos donné à la terre, jachère : Col. Rust. 2, 1, 3.
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{{Georges
|georg=cessātio, ōnis, f. ([[cesso]]), I) das Zögern, [[Säumen]], die Saumseligkeit, Plaut. Poen. 925. – [[furtum]] cessationis quaerere, [[absichtlich]] [[saumselig]] [[sein]], um um [[einen]] [[Brief]] zu [[betrügen]], Q. Cic. in Cic. ep. 16, 26, 2. – [[als]] jurist. t. t., die straffällige Zögerung, Saumseligkeit, [[Tryphon]]. dig. 27, 2, 6. Fragm. Vat. 228. – II) das Feiern, der [[Müßiggang]], die [[Ruhe]] od. [[Zurückgezogenheit]] ([[von]] Geschäften), c. libera [[atque]] otiosa, Cic.: [[nihil]] cessatione [[melius]] existimare, Cic.: cessatione torpere, Cic.: laborandum est, ne nostra [[nobiscum]] [[aut]] [[inter]] [[nos]] [[cessatio]] vituperetur, [[unser]] zurückgezogenes [[Leben]] [[ganz]] [[unter]] [[uns]], Cic. – [[bes]]. das müßige [[Zusehen]] (wo [[man]] [[handeln]] sollte), Arnob. 2, 44 u. 3, 23. – übtr., v. Lebl., das Ruhen, [[cessatio]] ista pugnae pacticia ([[als]] [[Umschreibung]] [[von]] [[indutiae]] u. εκεχειρία), Gell. 1, 25, 8. – v. [[Acker]], das Brachliegen, Col. 2, 1, 3.
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=cessatio cessationis N F :: relaxation/rest/respite; period of disuse, inactivity; idleness, neglect; delay
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