idle, to be Copy link Outline 1. cesso, 12. văco, 1 (to be disengaged; without regular business3. sĕdeo, sēdi, ssum, 2 (to remain inactive) • idle, to be: 1. cesso, 1: (you) have been i. enough hitherto, cessatum usque adhuc est, Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 23: Liv. Join: nihil agere et cessare (of the gods of Epicurus), Cic. N. D. 3, 39, fin. 2. văco, 1 (to be disengaged; without regular business: cesso implies backwardness in work): Cic. Fam. 12, 30, ad init.: Hor. 3. sĕdeo, sēdi, ssum, 2 (to remain inactive): esp. with deses: v. idle (I., 5). See also idly.