Italian

Verb

decedo

1. first-person singular present indicative of decedere

Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ cēdō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deːˈkeː.doː/

Verb

dēcēdō ‎(present infinitive dēcēdere, perfect active dēcessī, supine dēcessum); third conjugation

1. I withdraw, retire, depart, leave or go away
2. I desert or abandon
3. I yield, make way, step aside
4. I die
5. I subside
6. I disappear

Inflection

Derived terms

• dēcēssus

Descendants

• English: deceased
• French: décéder
• Italian: decedere

References

• decedo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• decedo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “decedo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • make way for any one: (de via) decedere alicui
    
  • to quit a place for ever: decedere loco, de, ex loco
    
  • to depart this life: (de) vita decedere or merely decedere
    
  • to die young: mature decedere
    
  • to give up one's opinion: de sententia sua decedere
    
  • to retire from the stage: de scaena decedere
    
  • to neglect one's duty: de, ab officio decedere
    
  • to give up, lay down office (usually at the end of one's term of office): de potestate decedere
    
  • to waive one's right: de iure suo decedere or cedere