cessim

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

cessim (cossim), adv. [cesso; cf. coxim],

bending or turning in; hence, also, turned backwards , backwards (mostly anteand post-class.): cum domum ab Ilio cessim revertero, Varr. ap. Non. p. 247, 26; p. 276, 9: cessim ire, Dig. 9, 2, 52, § 2; Just. 2, 12, 7: lagena orificio cessim ( obliquely ) dehiscente patescens, Ap. Met. 2, 15, 18.