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|lshtext=<b>cesso</b>: āvi, ātum, 1,<br /><b>I</b> v. freq. n. and a. [1. [[cedo]]; lit., to [[stand]] [[back]] [[very]] [[much]]; [[hence]], to be [[remiss]] in [[any]] [[thing]], to [[delay]], [[loiter]], or, in gen., to [[cease]] from, [[stop]], [[give]] [[over]] (indicating a [[blamable]] [[remissness]]; [[while]] desinere, intermittere, requiescere do not [[include]] [[that]] [[idea]]: cessat [[desidiosus]], requiescit [[fessus]], [[Don]]. ad Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 15. Diff. from cunctari in this, [[that]] the [[latter]] designates [[inaction]] arising from [[want]] of [[resolution]], [[but]] cessare [[that]] [[which]] is the [[result]] of [[slothfulness]]; cf. Doed. Syn. 3, p. 300 sq.; [[class]]. in [[prose]] and [[poetry]]): [[paulum]] si cessassem, Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 5; 4, 6, 16; id. Ad. 4, 2, 49: si tabellarii non cessarint, Cic. Prov. Cons. 7, 15: in suo [[studio]] [[atque]] opere, id. Sen. 5, 13: ne [[quis]] in eo, [[quod]] me viderit facientem, cesset, Liv. 35, 35, 16; cf. id. 35, 18, 8: ab apparatu operum ac munitionum [[nihil]] cessatum, id. 21, 8, 1; 34, 16, 3; 31, 12, 2; Tac. A. 3, 28: [[quidquid]] [[apud]] durae cessatum est [[moenia]] Trojae, [[whatever]] [[delay]] [[there]] [[was]], Verg. A. 11, 288: audaciā, to be [[deficient]] in [[spirit]], Liv. 1, 46, 6; cf.: nullo [[umquam]] [[officio]], id. 42, 6, 8: ad [[arma]] cessantes Concitet, Hor. C. 1, 35, 15 et saep.—So in admonitions: [[quid]] cessas? Ter. And. 5, 6, 15; Tib. 2, 2, 10: [[quid]] cessatis? Curt. 4, 16, 5: quor cessas? Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 69; cf.: cessas in vota precesque ([[poet]]. for cessas facere vota), [[Tros]], ait, [[Aenea]]? cessas? Verg. A. 6, 51 sq.; Tib. 3, 6, 57.— With dat. incommodi: it [[dies]]; ego mihi [[cesso]], i. e. to my [[own]] [[injury]], Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 12 Lorenz ad loc.; id. Ep. 3, 2, 8: sed ego [[nunc]] mihi [[cesso]], qui non umerum hunc [[onero]] pallio, Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> With inf.: ego [[hinc]] migrare [[cesso]], Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 6 sq.: [[numquid]] [[principio]] cessavit [[verbum]] [[docte]] dicere? id. Pers. 4, 4, 3; so, alloqui, Ter. And. 2, 2, 6; 5, 2, 4: adoriri, id. Heaut. 4, 5, 9: pultare [[ostium]], id. ib. 3, 1, 1; id. Phorm. 2, 3, 30: introrumpere, id. Eun. 5, 5, 26: detrahere de nobis, Cic. Att. 11, 11, 2: mori, Hor. C. 3, 27, 58 et saep.—<br /><b>II</b> In gen.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> To be [[inactive]], [[idle]], at [[leisure]], to do [[nothing]]: [[cur]] tam multos deos [[nihil]] agere et cessare patitur? [[cur]] non rebus humanis aliquos otiosos deos praeficit? Cic. N. D. 3, 39, 93; cf. id. ib. 1, 9, 22; id. Off. 3, 1, 1: [[nisi]] [[forte]] ego [[vobis]] cessare [[nunc]] videor; cum bella non [[gero]], id. de Sen. 6, 18: et si [[quid]] cessare potes, requiesce sub umbrā, Verg. E. 7, 10: cessabimus una, Prop. 3 (4), 23, 15; Ov. M. 4, 37: [[cur]] [[alter]] fratrum cessare et ludere et ungi praeferat, etc., Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 183 (cessare otiari et jucunde vivere, Schol. Crucq.); so id. ib. 1, 7, 57: per hibernorum [[tempus]], Liv. 36, 5, 1: cessatum [[usque]] [[adhuc]] est: [[nunc]] [[porro]] expergiscere, Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 23: cessatum ducere curam, [[put]] to [[rest]], Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 31: non timido, non ignavo cessare tum licuit, Curt. 3, 11, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Of things, to be at [[rest]], to [[rest]], be [[still]], [[inactive]], [[unemployed]], or [[unused]], etc.: si cessare putas rerum [[primordia]] posse, Cessandoque novos rerum progignere [[motus]], Lucr. 2, 80 sq.: [[quid]] ita cessarunt [[pedes]]? Phaedr. 1, 9, 5: et [[grave]] suspenso vomere cesset [[opus]], Tib. 2, 1, 6; Ov. F. 6, 348: [[Achilles]] cessare in Teucros pertulit [[arma]] sua, Prop. 2, 8, 30: [[cur]] Berecyntiae Cessant [[flamina]] tibiae, Hor. C. 3, 19, 19: cessat [[voluntas]]? id. ib. 1, 27, 13: cessat ira deae, Liv. 29, 18, 10: solas [[sine]] ture relictas Praeteritae cessasse ferunt Letoïdos aras, i. e. remained unsought, unapproached, Ov. M. 8, 278; cf.: at [[nunc]] desertis cessant sacraria lucis, Prop. 3 (4), 13, 47; and: cessaturae casae, Ov. F. 4, 804: cessans [[honor]], a [[vacant]] [[office]], Suet. Caes. 76.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of [[land]], to [[lie]] [[uncultivated]], [[fallow]] (cf. [[cessatio]]): alternis [[idem]] tonsas cessare novales, Verg. G. 1, 71; Plin. 18, 23, 52, § 191; cf. Suet. Aug. 42.—Pass.: cessata arva, Ov. F. 4, 617.—Trop., of a [[barren]] [[woman]], Paul. Nol. Carm. 6, 48.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> Sometimes cessare alicui rei, [[like]] vacare alicui rei, to [[have]] [[leisure]] for [[something]], i.e. to [[attend]] to, [[apply]] one's [[self]] to: amori, Prop. 1, 6, 21.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Rarely (prob. not [[ante]]-Aug.), not to be at [[hand]] or [[present]], to be [[wanting]]: cessat [[voluntas]]? non aliā bibam Mercede, Hor. C. 1, 27, 13: augendum addendumque [[quod]] cessat, Quint. 2, 8, 10.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Judic. t. t.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Of persons, not to [[appear]] [[before]] a [[tribunal]], to [[make]] [[default]]: culpāne [[quis]] an aliquā [[necessitate]] cessasset, Suet. Claud. 15 ([[where]], [[just]] [[before]], absentibus; cf. [[absum]], 8.): quoties [[delator]] adesse jussus cessat, Dig. 49, 14, 2, § 4; so ib. 47, 10, 17, § 20.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Of things (a [[process]], [[verdict]]), to be [[invalid]], null, [[void]]: cessat injuriarum [[actio]], Dig. 47, 10, 17, § 1: [[revocatio]], ib. 42, 8, 10, § 1: [[edictum]], ib. 39, 1, 1: [[senatus]] [[consultum]], ib. 14, 6, 12 et saep.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Also [[rare]], in a [[moral]] [[view]], to [[depart]] from a [[right]] [[way]], i.e. to [[mistake]], [[err]]: ut [[scriptor]] si peccat... Sic qui [[multum]] cessat, Hor. A. P. 357: oratoris perfecti illius, ex nullā parte cessantis, Quint. 1, 10, 4.
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