excessus

excessus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs
Proto-Italic *eks
Latin ex
Latin ex-
Proto-Italic *kezdō
Latin cēdō
Latin excēdō
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Italic *-tus
Latin -tus
Latin excessus

    From excēdō + -tus.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    excessus m (genitive excessūs); fourth declension

    1. departure
      Synonyms: recessus, sēcessiō, cessiō, dēcessiō, recessiō, discessus, discessiō, ēgressus, excessiō, dīgressiō, dīgressus, dēcessus, sēcessus
      Antonyms: prōgressus, prōgressiō, prōcessus, prōcessiō, accessus, accessiō
    2. demise, death
    3. digression
    4. deviation, aberration
      Synonyms: dēviātiō, dīgressiō, ēgressiō, ēgressus, dēverticulum
    5. (Medieval Latin) punishment, redress, compensation

    Declension

    Fourth-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative excessus excessūs
    genitive excessūs excessuum
    dative excessuī excessibus
    accusative excessum excessūs
    ablative excessū excessibus
    vocative excessus excessūs

    Descendants

    • Catalan: excés
    • French: excès
    • Italian: eccesso
    • → German: Exzess (learned)
    • Portuguese: excesso
    • Romanian: exces
    • → Russian: эксцесс (ekscess) (learned)
    • Spanish: exceso

    References

    • “excessus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “excessus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "excessus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • “excessus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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