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cessim

From LSJ

Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous

Euripides, Melanippe Captiva, Fragment 6.11

Latin > English

cessim ADV :: as to give way/lose ground; bending/turning in; (turned) backwards; obliquely

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

cessim: (cossim), adv. cesso; cf. coxim,
I bending or turning in; hence, also, turned backwards, backwards (mostly anteand post-class.): cum domum ab Ilio cessim revertero, Varr. ap. Non. p. 247, 26; p. 276, 9: cessim ire, Dig. 9, 2, 52, § 2; Just. 2, 12, 7: lagena orificio cessim (obliquely) dehiscente patescens, App. M. 2, p. 121, 8.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

cessim¹⁶ (cedo), en reculant, en cédant : Varr. d. Non. p. 247, 26 ; Sen. Ep. 71, 28.

Latin > German (Georges)

cessim, Adv. (cedo), weichend = rückwärts, zurück, ab Ilio reverti, Varr. fr.: ire, unvermerkt zurückbleiben, Iustin.: abire, Mart. Cap.: dehiscens lagoena, schräge, Apul.

Latin > Chinese

cessim. adv. :: 往後