cessistis

Cessistis is the second-person plural perfect active indicative form of the Latin verb cedere, meaning to yield, go, withdraw, or cease. It translates most directly as “you yielded” or “you ceased” and is used when the subject is a group that has completed the action.

Morphology and related forms: Cessistis is built from the stem ced-, with the perfect-tense marker -i- and the second-person plural ending -stis. Related forms include cessisti (singular you yielded), cessit (he yielded), cessimus (we yielded), and cesserunt (they yielded). The verb’s infinitive is cedere, and its present imperative forms are cede (singular) and cedite (plural).

Usage: In Classical Latin, cessistis appears in narratives and dialogue to describe a past action by a plural subject. Its nuance can indicate simple cessation or yielding in a physical, strategic, or figurative sense, depending on context. Like other perfect forms of cedere, the meaning is determined by how the action is framed within the sentence or discourse.

Etymology and related terms: The form derives from the verb cedere, from which Latin traces the sense of going, yielding, or withdrawing. Related words include cessio (a yielding or concession), cessionis in the genitive, and imperatives such as cede and cedite.