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discessio

discessio · f

a separation

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Where it lives

De Vita Beata 1 · 1.38/10k
Pro P. Sestio 2 · 1.19/10k
Tiberius 1 · 1.1/10k
Andria 1 · 1.02/10k
Philippicae 4 · 0.76/10k
Noctes Atticae 7 · 0.63/10k
Letters 3 · 0.46/10k
Annales 4 · 0.45/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 2 · 0.43/10k
De bello Gallico 2 · 0.39/10k
Epistulae ad Familiares 2 · 0.17/10k
Adversus Marcionem 1 · 0.12/10k

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

discessĭo — Lewis & Short

discessĭo, ōnis, f.discedo.

I (Very rarely), a separation of married persons, Ter. And. 3, 3, 36; of the people into parties (with seditio), Gell. 2, 12: stellarum et discessiones et coetus, separations and conjunctions, id. 14, 1, 8; cf.: plebei a patribus, et aliae dissensiones, Sall. H. Fragm. 1, 9 Dietsch.—

II A going away, departure, removal.

A In gen. (very rarely; cf. discessus): Nonanus desolatus aliorum discessione, Tac. A. 1, 30 fin.: necessaria, Macr. S. 1, 5, 3.—Far more freq.,

B In partic.

1 Polit. t. t., a going over to any one in voting: senatusconsultum de supplicatione per discessionem fecit, Cic. Phil. 3, 9 fin.; Tac. A. 6, 12; Suet. Tib. 31; cf. Varr. ap. Gell. 14, 7, 12.—Esp.: discessionem facere, to make a division, i. e. to get the vote of the house by dividing it, Cic. Phil. 14, 7 fin.; Hirt. B. G. 8, 52 fin.; 8, 53; Cic. Sest. 34, 74; Tac. A. 3, 69 fin. al.—

2 In the church, a separation, schism (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Act. 21, 21; id. 2 Thes. 2, 3.

In the wild

discessionem Suetonius, Tiberius 31.1
discessio Cicero, Pro P. Sestio 74
discessionum Seneca, De Vita Beata 7.2.1
discessiones Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 14.1.8
discessione Pliny the Younger, Letters 9.13.20
discessionem Cicero, Philippicae 3.24

6 of 32 attestations shown.

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