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(v. n.adv.P. a.) : cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3, v. n. and
* A. [perh. for cecado, redupl. from cado], to go, i. e. to be in motion, move, walk, go along.
* In gen.
* Lit. (rare, and only poet.: for which, in the common lang., incedo); candidatus cedit hic mastigia,Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 10: non prorsus, verum transvorsus cedit, quasi cancer,id. Ps. 4, 1, 45; cf. id. ib. 1, 3, 74; Hor. S. 2, 1, 65.—More freq.
* In partic.
* Like ire, to have some result, to eventuate, happen, result, turn out, to work; and, acc. to its connection, to turn out well or ill, to succeed or fail: gesta quae prospere ei cesserunt,Nep. Timoth. 4, 6; Sall. C. 26, 5; Tac. A. 1, 28: cetera secundum eventum proelii cessura,id. H. 3, 70; Suet. Aug. 91; Gell. 4, 5, 4: bene,Hor. S. 2, 1, 31; Ov. M. 8, 862; Plin. Pan. 44 fin.: optime,Quint. 10, 7, 14: male,Hor. S. 2, 1, 31; and: male alicui,Ov. M. 10, 80; Suet. Claud. 26; cf. Verg. A. 12, 148; Quint. 10, 2, 16: utcumque cesserit,Curt. 7, 4, 16; cf. Suet. Calig. 53; Tac. Agr. 18: parum,Suet. Claud. 34: opinione tardius,id. Ner. 33: pro bono,id. Tit. 7: in vanum (labor),Sen. Hippol. 183.
* Cedere pro aliquā re, to be equivalent to, to go for something, to be the price of: oves, quae non peperint, binae pro singulis in fructu cedent,Cato, R. R. 150, 2; Col. 12, 14; Tac. G. 14; Pall. Sept. 1, 4.
* In respect to the terminus a quo.
* To go from somewhere, to remove, withdraw, go away from, depart, retire (freq. and class.): cedunt de caelo corpora avium,Enn. Ann. 96 Vahl.: quia postremus cedis,Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 29: ego cedam atque abibo,Cic. Mil. 34, 93: cedens carinā,Cat. 64, 249; cf. id. 64, 53: quoquam,Lucr. 5, 843: aliquo sucus de corpore cessit,id. 3, 223: coma de vertice,Cat. 66, 39: e toto corpore anima,Lucr. 3, 210: ex ingratā civitate,Cic. Mil. 30, 81: e patriā,id. Phil. 10, 4, 8: patriā,id. Mil. 25, 68: Italiā,id. Phil. 10, 4, 8; Nep. Att. 9, 2; Tac. A. 2, 85 fin.
* In respect to the terminus ad quem, to arrive, attain to, come somewhere: cedunt, petunt,Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 43: ibi ad postremum cedit miles, aes petit,id. ib. 3, 5, 52.
* Pregn. (cf. abeo, II.), to pass away, disappear; and specif.
* Cedere alicui or in aliquem, to come to, fall (as a possession) to one, to fall to his lot or share, accrue: ut is quaestus huic cederet,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 170: captiva corpora Romanis cessere,Liv. 31, 46, 16: nolle ominari quae captae urbi cessura forent,id. 23, 43, 14; Verg. A. 3, 297; 3, 333; 12, 17; 12, 183; Hor. C. 3, 20, 7; Ov. M. 5, 368; 4, 533: undae cesserunt piscibus habitandae,id. ib. 1, 74 al.: alicui in usum,Hor. S. 2, 2, 134: Lepidi atque Antonii arma in Augustum cessere,Tac. A. 1, 1; so id. H. 3, 83; id. Agr. 5; id. A. 2, 23: aurum ex hostibus captum in paucorum praedam cessisse,Liv. 6, 14, 12; Curt. 7, 6, 16; Tac. A. 15, 45; for which: cedere praedae (dat.) alicujus, Liv. 43, 19, 12; and: praeda cedit alicui,Hor. C. 3, 20, 7: ab Tullo res omnis Albana in Romanum cesserit imperium,Liv. 1, 52, 2; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 174: in dicionem M. Antonii provinciae cesserant,Tac. H. 5, 9.
* Cedere in aliquid, like abire in aliquid (v. abeo, II.), to be changed or to pass into something, to be equivalent to or become something: poena in vicem fidei cesserat,Liv. 6, 34, 2; cf.: temeritas in gloriam cesserat,Curt. 3, 6, 18; Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 91; Tac. H. 2, 59 fin.; id. G. 36; Plin. Pan. 83, 4: in proverbium,Plin. 23, 1, 23, § 42: in exemplorum locum,Quint. 5, 11, 36.—Hence, * cēdenter, adv. of the part. pres. cedens (not used as P. a.), by yielding, Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 16, 129.
* Of time, to pass away, vanish: horae quidem cedunt et dies et menses et anni,Cic. Sen. 19, 69.
* Act.: cedere (alicui) aliquid = concedere, to grant, concede, allow, give up, yield, permit something to some one: permitto aliquid iracundiae tuae, do adulescentiae, cedo amicitiae, tribuo parenti,Cic. Sull. 16, 46: multa multis de jure suo,id. Off. 2, 18, 64: currum ei,Liv. 45, 39, 2: victoriam hosti,Just. 32, 4, 7: alicui pellicem et regnum,id. 10, 2, 3: imperium,id. 22, 7, 4: possessionem,Dig. 41, 2, 1: in dando et cedendo loco,Cic. Brut. 84, 290.—Also with a clause as object, Stat. Th. 1, 704 (but in Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 67, read credit).—And with ut and subj.: hac victoriā contenta plebes cessit patribus, ut in praesentiā tribuni crearentur, etc.,Liv. 6, 42, 3; Tac. A. 12, 41: non cedere with quominus, Quint. 5, 7, 2.
* To yield to, give place to: quācumque movemur, (aër) videtur quasi locum dare et cedere,Cic. N. D. 2, 33, 83: cedebat victa potestas,Lucr. 5, 1271: ubi vinci necesse est, expedit cedere,Quint. 6, 4, 16; 11, 1, 17; 12, 10, 47; cf. Sall. J. 51, 1: Viriatho exercitus nostri imperatoresque cesserunt,Cic. Off. 2, 11, 40; Nep. Ham. 1, 2; Sall. J. 51, 4; Liv. 2, 10, 7; Tac. A. 1, 56; 4, 51; Suet. Tib. 16 et saep.: Pelides cedere nescius,Hor. C. 1, 6, 6: di, quibus ensis et ignis Cesserunt,i. e. who remained unhurt in the destruction of Troy,Ov. M. 15, 862: eidem tempori, ejusdem furori, eisdem consulibus, eisdem minis, insidiis, periculis,Cic. Sest. 29, 63; so, fortunae,Sall. C. 34, 2: invidiae ingratorum civium,Nep. Cim. 3, 2: majorum natu auctoritati,id. Timoth. 3, 4: nocti,Liv. 3, 17, 9, and 3, 60, 7; 4, 55, 5; cf. Quint. 5, 11, 9: loco iniquo, non hosti cessum,Liv. 8, 38, 9: oneri,Quint. 10, 1, 24: vincentibus vitiis,id. 8, 3, 45: malis,Verg. A. 6, 95 et saep.
* To yield to in rank, distinction, etc., i. e. to be inferior to: cum tibi aetas nostra jam cederet, fascesque summitteret,Cic. Brut. 6, 22: nullā aliā re nisi immortalitate cedens caelestibus,id. N. D. 2, 61, 153: neque multum cedebant virtute nostris,Caes. B. G. 2, 6; Quint. 1, 6, 36: Picenis cedunt pomis Tiburtia suco; Nam facie praestant,Hor. S. 2, 4, 70; so, anseribus (candore),Ov. M. 2, 539: laudibus lanificae artis,id. ib. 6, 6; 5, 529: cum in re nullā Agesilao cederet,Nep. Chabr. 2, 3; Quint. 10, 1, 108: alicui de aliquā re,Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 80: alicui re per aliquid,id. 33, 3, 19, § 59.—Impers.: ut non multum Graecis cederetur,Cic. Tusc. 1, 3, 5; Liv. 24, 6, 8.
* To comply with the wishes, to yield to one: cessit auctoritati amplissimi viri vel potius paruit,Cic. Lig. 7, 21; cf. Tac. A. 12, 5: precibus,Cic. Planc. 4, 9: cessit tibi blandienti Cerberus,Hor. C. 3, 11, 15; cf,id. Ep. 1, 18, 43 sq.; Verg. A. 2, 704; 3, 188; Ov. M. 6, 32; 6, 151; 9, 13; 9, 16: omnes in unum cedebant,Tac. A. 6, 43; 3, 16; cf. id. ib. 12, 10 and 41.—Hence
* Trop.: hoc cedere ad factum volo,come to its execution,Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 102.
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cĕdo, old
* Imperat. form, whose contr. plur. is cette (cf. Prob. II. p. 1486 P.; Non. p. 84, 31 sq.) [compounded of the particle -ce and the root da-; v. 1. do], hither with it! here! give! tell, say (implying great haste, familiarity, authority, and so differing from praebe, dic, etc.); cf. Key, § 731.
* In gen., hither with it, give or bring here.
* With acc.: cette manus vestras measque accipite,Enn. Trag. 320 Vahl.: cedo aquam manibus,give water!Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 150: puerum, Phidippe, mihi cedo: ego alam,Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 86: tuam mi dexteram,Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 28; so Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 84; and: cette dextras,Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 4: senem,bring hither the old man,Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 7: convivas,Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 101: quemvis arbitrum,Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 43: eum aliquis cette in conspectum, Att. ap. Non. p. 85, 1: cedo illum,Phaedr. 5, 2, 6.
* Esp.
* Let us hear, tell, out with it: age, age, cedo istuc tuom consilium: quid id est?Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 91: unum cedo auctorem tui facti, unius profer exemplum,Cic. Verr 2, 5, 26, § 67: cedo mihi unum, qui, etc.,id. ib. 2, 3, 12, § 29: cedo, si vos in eo loco essetis, quid aliud fecissetis? Cato ap. Quint. 9, 2, 21: cedo, cujum puerum hic apposuisti? dic mihi. Ter. And. 4, 4, 24; cf. Naev. ap. Cic. Sen. 6, 20; Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 82; Pac. ap. Non. p. 85, 6; Cic. Part. Or. 1, 3: cedo igitur, quid faciam,Ter. And. 2, 3, 9; cf. Cic. Div. 2, 71, 146; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 43, § 106: cedo, si conata peregit, tell how, if, etc., Juv. 13, 210; so id. 6, 504.—With dum: cedo dum, en unquam audisti, etc.?Ter. Phorm. 2, 2, 15.
* In respect to action, cedo = fac, ut, grant that, let me: cedo ut bibam,Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 26: cedo ut inspiciam,id. Curc. 5, 2, 54: ego, statim, cedo, inquam si quid ab Attico,Cic. Att. 16, 13, a, 1.
* For calling attention, lo! behold! well! cedo mihi leges Atinias, Furias, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 42, § 109: cedo mihi ipsius Verris testimonium,id. ib. 2, 1, 33, § 84; id. N. D. 1, 27, 75; cf. id. Brut. 86, 295; id. Sest. 50, 108: haec cedo ut admoveam templis, et farre litabo,Pers. 2, 75: cedo experiamur,App. Mag. p. 298, 14.
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