dē-cēdo — Lewis & Short
dē-cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3 (
I inf. sync. decesse, Ter. Heaut. prol. 32; Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 2; Neue Formenl. 2, 536. The part. perf. decessus perh. only Rutil. Nam. 1, 313), v. n., to go away, depart, withdraw. (For syn. cf.: linquo, relinquo, desero, destituo, deficio, discedo, excedo. Often opp. to accedo, maneo; freq. and class.)—Constr. absol. with de, ex, or merely the abl.; rarely with ab.
I Lit.
A In gen.:
decedamus,Plaut. Bac. 1, 1, 74:
de altera parte (agri) decedere,Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 10:
decedit ex Gallia Romam Naevius,Cic. Quint. 4, 16:
e pastu,Verg. G. 1, 381; cf.:
e pastu decedere campis,id. ib. 4, 186:
ex aequore domum,id. ib. 2, 205;
Italiā,Sall. J. 28, 2:
Numidiā,id. ib. 38, 9:
Africā,id. ib. 20, 1;
23, 1: pugnā,Liv. 34, 47:
praesidio,id. 4, 29 (cf.:
de praesidio,Cic. de Sen. 20, 73):
quae naves paullulum suo cursu decesserint,i. e. had gone out of their course, Caes. B. C. 3, 112, 3; so,
cum luminibus exstinctis decessisset viā,had gone out of the way, Suet. Caes. 31:
pantherae constituisse dicuntur in Cariam ex nostra provincia decedere,Cic. Fam. 2, 11, 2.
B Esp.
1 t. t.
a In milit. lang., to retire, withdraw from a former position:
qui nisi decedat atque exercitum deducat ex his regionibus,Caes. B. G. 1, 44, 19;
so,absol., id. ib. 1, 44 fin.; Hirt. B. G. 8, 50:
de colle,Caes. B. C. 1, 71, 3:
de vallo,id. B. G. 5, 43, 4:
inde,id. B. C. 1, 71 fin.:
loco superiore,Hirt. B. G. 8, 9; so with abl., Auct. B. Alex. 34; 35 (twice); 70 al.—
b In official lang.: de provincia, ex provincia, provinciā, or absol. (cf. Cic. Planc. 26, 65), to retire from the province on the expiration of a term of office:
de provincia decessit,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 20;
so,id. Att. 7, 3, 5; id. Fam. 2, 15 (twice); Liv. 29, 19 Drak.:
decedens ex Syria,Cic. Tusc. 2, 25, 61; so,
e Cilicia,id. Brut. 1:
ex Africa,Nep. Cato, 1, 4:
ex Asia,id. Att. 4, 1:
ex ea provincia,Cic. Div. in Caecil. 1 Zumpt N. cr.:
ut decedens Considius provinciā,Cic. Lig. 1, 2; Liv. 39, 3; 41, 10:
te antea, quam tibi successum esset, decessurum fuisse,Cic. Fam. 3, 6; so absol., id. Planc. 26, 65 al.:
Albinus Romam decessit,Sall. J. 36 fin.; cf.:
Romam ad triumphum,Liv. 8, 13; 9, 16. —Rarely with a:
cui cum respondissem, me a provincia decedere: etiam mehercule, inquit, ut opinor, ex Africa,Cic. Planc. 26 fin.
2 Decedere de viā; also viā, in viā alicui, alicui, or absol., to get out of the way, to give place, make way for one (as a mark of respect or of abhorrence):
concedite atque abscedite omnes: de via decedite,Plaut. Am. 3, 4, 1; cf.:
decedam ego illi de via, de semita,id. Trin. 2, 4, 80 (Cic. Clu. 59. 163; cf. II. B infra); cf.:
qui fecit servo currenti in viā decesse populum,Ter. Heaut. prol. 32:
censorem L. Plancum via sibi decedere aedilis coegit,Suet. Ner. 4; cf. id. Tib. 31:
sanctis divis, Catul. 62, 268: nocti,Verg. Ec. 8, 88:
peritis,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 216 (cf.:
cedere nocti,Liv. 3, 60, 7).—Also, to get out of the way of, avoid:
decedere canibus de via,Cic. Rep. 1, 43, 67; cf.:
hi numero impiorum habentur, his omnes decedunt, aditum defugiunt, etc.,Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 7.—By zeugma, in the pass.:
salutari, appeti, decedi, assurgi, deduci, reduci, etc.,Cic. de Sen. 18, 63.
3 Pregn., to depart, disappear (cf.: cedo, concedo).
a Of living beings, to decease, to die:
si eos, qui jam de vita decesserunt,Cic. Rab. Perd. 11:
vitā,Dig. 7, 1, 57, § 1; Vulg. 2 Mac. 6, 31; but commonly absol.:
pater nobis decessit a. d. VIII. Kal. Dec.,id. Att. 1, 6:
cum paterfamiliae decessit,Caes. B. G. 6, 19, 3; Nep. Arist. 3, 2, and 3; id. Cim. 1; id. Ages. 8, 6; Liv. 1, 34; 9, 17; Quint. 3, 6, 96 et saep.:
cruditate contracta,id. 7, 3, 33:
morbo aquae intercutis,Suet. Ner. 5 fin.:
paralysi,id. Vit. 3:
ex ingratorum hominum conspectu morte decedere,Nep. Timol. 1, 6.—
b Of inanimate things, to depart, go off; to abate, subside, cease:
corpore febres,Lucr. 2, 34:
febres,Nep. Att. 22, 3; Cels. 3, 3; cf.:
quartana,Cic. Att. 7, 2 (opp. accedere):
decessisse inde aquam,run off, fallen, Liv. 30, 38 fin.; cf.:
decedere aestum,id. 26, 45; 9, 26 al.:
de summa nihil decedet,to be wanting, to fail, Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 30; Cic. Clu. 60, 167; cf.:
quicquid libertati plebis caveretur, id suis decedere opibus credebant,Liv. 3, 55:
decedet jam ira haec, etsi merito iratus est,Ter. Hec. 3, 5, 55 (for which ib. 5, 2, 15: cito ab eo haec ira abscedet):
postquam invidia decesserat,Sall. J. 88, 1; Liv. 33, 31 fin.; Tac. A. 15, 16 al.:
priusquam ea cura decederet patribus,Liv. 9, 29; so with dat., id. 2, 31; 23, 26; Tac. A. 15, 20; 44.—Poet.:
incipit et longo Scyros decedere ponto,i. e. seems to flee before them, Stat. Ach. 2, 308.—In the Aug. poets sometimes of the heavenly bodies, to go down, set:
et sol crescentes decedens duplicat umbras,Verg. E. 2, 67; so id. G. 1, 222; Ov. M. 4, 91; hence also of the day, to depart:
te veniente die, te decedente canebat,Verg. G. 4, 466;
also of the moon,to wane, Gell. 20, 8, 7.
II Trop.
A De possessione, jure, sententia, fide, etc. (and since the Aug. per. with abl. alone;
the reading ex jure suo,Liv. 3, 33, 10, is very doubtful), to depart from; to give up, resign, forego; to yield, to swerve from one's possession, station, duty, right, opinion, faith, etc.
(a) With de:
cogere aliquem de suis bonis decedere,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 17 fin.; cf.:
de hypothecis,id. Fam. 13, 56, 2;
and de possessione,id. Agr. 2, 26;
de suo jure,id. Rosc. Am. 27; id. Att. 16, 2:
qui de civitate decedere quam de sententia maluit,id. Balb. 5:
de officio ac dignitate,Cic. Verr. 1, 10:
de foro decedere,to retire from public life, Nep. Att. 10, 2:
de scena,to retire from the stage, Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 2; cf. impers.:
de officio decessum,Liv. 8, 25 fin.—
(b) With abl. alone (so usually in Liv.):
jure suo,Liv. 3, 33 fin.:
sententiā,Tac. A. 14, 49:
instituto vestro,Liv. 37, 54:
officio (opp. in fide atque officio pristino fore),id. 27, 10; 36, 22:
fide,id. 31, 5 fin.; 34, 11; 45, 19 al.:
poema ... si paulum summo decessit, vergit ad imum,Hor. A. P. 378.—
(g) Very rarely with ab:
cum (senatus) nihil a superioribus continuorum annorum decretis decesserit,Cic. Fl. 12.—
(d) Absol.: si quos equites decedentis nactus sum, supplicio adfeci, Asin. Pol. ap. C. Fam. 10, 32, 5.
B De via, to depart, deviate from the right way:
se nulla cupiditate inductum de via decessisse,Cic. Cael. 16, 38:
moleste ferre se de via decessisse,id. Clu. 59, 163; so,
viā dicendi,Quint. 4, 5, 3.
C (acc. to no. I. B. 2) To give way, yield to another (i. e. to his will or superior advantages—very rare):
vivere si recte nescis, decede peritis,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 213:
ubi non Hymetto Mella decedunt,are not inferior, id. Od. 2, 6, 15.
D (poet.) To avoid, shun, escape from (cf. I. B. 2 supra): nec serae meminit decedere nocti, to avoid the late night, i. e. the coldness of night, Varius ap. Macr. S. 6, 2, 20; Verg. Ecl. 8, 88; id. G. 3, 467:
calori,id. ib. 4, 23.
E To fall short of, degenerate from:
* de generis nobilitate,Pall. 3, 25, 2: a rebus gestis ejus et gloriae splendore, Justin. 6, 3, 8.
III For the simple verb (v. cedo, no. I. 2), to go off, turn out, result in any manner:
prospere decedentibus rebus,Suet. Caes. 24.