cease Copy link Outline I. To desist, leave off doing1. dēsĭno, sīvi., or sĭi, ĭtum, 3 (with inf.)2. ŏmitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (usu. in sense of to abandon, with acc.3. rĕmitto, 3 (constr. same as omitto)4. mitto, 3 (chiefly poet.)5. dēsisto6. intermitto, 3 (to cease for a time)II. To come to an end1. dēsĭno, 32. fīnio, 4 (with some such word as verba understood; of speakers)3. Often expr. in poets by using the pluperf. tense; to indicate the ceasing of a speaker4. conquiesco, ēvi, ētum, 3 (to become quiet, still)5. interquiesco, 3 (to c. for a time)6. consisto, stĭti, stĭtum, 3 (to stand still; pause)7. subsisto, 3 (to stop a while8. concĭdo, cĭdi, 3 • cease: I. To desist, leave off doing: 1. dēsĭno, sīvi., or sĭi, ĭtum, 3 (with inf.): I shall c. to love you, te amare desinam, Pl.: c., I pray you, from common places, desine, quaeso, communibus locis, Cic.: to c. from complaints, querelarum d. (poet. gen.: L. G. § 284), Hor.: the old speeches have c.d to be read by most people, veteres orationes a plerisque legi sunt desitae, Cic. 2. ŏmitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (usu. in sense of to abandon, with acc.: less freq. with infin.): c. to be angry, omitte iratus esse, Pl.: to c. to mourn, lugere om.. Cic.: Hor. 3. rĕmitto, 3 (constr. same as omitto): if you were to reflect you would at once c. to load me with insults, si cogites, remittas jam me onerare injuriis, Ter.: Sall. 4. mitto, 3 (chiefly poet.): v. to forbear. 5. dēsisto: v. to desist. 6. intermitto, 3 (to cease for a time): v. to intermit. Phr.: Caesar begs him to c. entreating, Caesar rogat finem orandi faciat, Caes.: Apollo had c.d speaking, finierat Paean, Ov.: v. to desist, leave off. II. To come to an end: 1. dēsĭno, 3: the showers had c.d, desierant imbres, Ov.: let anger c., desinat ira, Ov.: in pass. impers.: men have long ago c.d to argue against them, jam pridem contra eos desitum est disputari, Cic. 2. fīnio, 4 (with some such word as verba understood; of speakers): v. to end. 3. Often expr. in poets by using the pluperf. tense; to indicate the ceasing of a speaker: as, Faunus c.d, dixerat haec Faunus, Ov. F. 3, 319: cf. id. M. 13, 123. 4. conquiesco, ēvi, ētum, 3 (to become quiet, still): the voyaging of merchants c.s, navigatio mercatorum c., Cic.: the fever has c.d, febris conquievit, Cels. 5. interquiesco, 3 (to c. for a time): the pain has c.d for a time, dolor interquievit, Sen.: Plin. 6. consisto, stĭti, stĭtum, 3 (to stand still; pause): the toil of forensic business had c.d, forensium rerum labor constiterat, Cic. 7. subsisto, 3 (to stop a while: q. v.): the shouting c.d, substitit clamor, Ov.: the tears have c.d, lacrimae substiterunt, Quint. 8. concĭdo, cĭdi, 3: (to fall like a wind subsiding): all his haughtiness c.d, omnis ferocia concidit, Liv.: war has c.d, concidit bellum, Tac. Phr.: the disorder c.d, tumultus conticuit, Liv.: Cic.: hatred which has now c.d from length of time, exoletum jam vetustate odium., Liv. N.B.--Not cesso; which is to loiter, flag: q. v.