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dēcessĭo, ōnis, f. [decedo], a going away, departure (opp. accessio—good prose).

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. In gen.: is mecum saepe de tua mansione aut decessione communicat, Cic. Fam. 4, 4 fin.
    2. B. Esp.
      1. 1. The withdrawal, retirement of a magistrate from the province he has governed, Cic. Pis. 36, 89; id. Att. 6, 5 fin.; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 1.
      2. 2. Pregn., the decrease, diminution, abatement, or entire disappearance of an object: neque enim ulla decessio fieri poterat neque accessio, Cic. Univ. 6: utrum accessionem decumae an decessionem de summa fecerit, id. Rab. Post. 11, 30 sq.; Dig. 29, 4, 28 fin.: decessio capitis aut accessio, Cic. Div. 2, 15, 36: accessio et decessio febris, Cels. 3, 3 fin.; so id. 2, 4 et saep.
      3. 3. Decease: Juliani, Spart. Did. Jul. 7 fin.
  2. * II. Trop.: verborum, the transition, transferring of words from their primary to a derivative meaning, Gell. 13, 29, 1.

dēcessor, ōris, m. [decedo, no. I. B. 2],

  1. I. one who retires from a province he has governed; hence, with reference to his successor, a retiring officer (rare): successori decessor invidit, Cic. Scaur. Fragm. § 33, p. 187 ed. Beier; so Tac. Agr. 7; Dig. 1, 16, 4, § 4.
  2. II. In gen., a predecessor in office (late Lat.), August. in Psal. 43, 16 al.

dēcessus, ūs, m. [decedo], a going away, departure (opp. accessus—good prose).

  1. I. In gen.: post Dionysii decessum, Nep. Tim. 2, 3.
  2. II. Esp.
    1. A. The withdrawal, retirement of a magistrate from the province he has governed (in Cic. oftener decessio): post M. Bruti decessum, Cic. Phil. 2, 38; so Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10 fin.
    2. B. Pregn., decrease, disappearance, departure: aestūs, the ebbing, subsidence, Caes. B. G. 3, 13; Nili, Plin. 18, 18, 47, § 168: febris, Cels. 3, 12: morbi, Gell. 4, 2, 13.
      1. 2. Decease, death: amicorum decessu plerique angi solent, Cic. Lael. 3, 10; cf.: EX DECESSV L. CAESARIS, Cenot. Pis. ap. Orell. Inscr. 643.