cessātĭo
cessātĭo, ōnis, f. cesso. A tarrying, delaying: non datur cessatio, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 103.—Hence, 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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Headword (normalized):
cessātĭo
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cessatio
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cessātĭo, ōnis, f. cesso. A tarrying, delaying: non datur cessatio, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 103.—Hence, 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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