descisco

Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ scīscō (“seek to know; learn; approve”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːsˈkiːs.koː/, [d̪eːs̠ˈkiːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deʃˈʃis.ko/, [d̪eʃˈʃisko]

Verb

dēscīscō (present infinitive dēscīscere, perfect active dēscīvī or dēsciī, supine dēscītum); third conjugation, no passive

1. to free oneself, withdraw, leave, defect, desert, revolt from
2. (by extension) to desert to, go over to

   Synonyms: trānsfugiō, trānseō, trānsmittō, trānsgredior

3. (in general) to depart, deviate, withdraw from someone or something; fall off from; to be unfaithful to

   Synonym: discēdō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of dēscīscō (third conjugation, no passive)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	dēscīscō		dēscīscis		dēscīscit		dēscīscimus		dēscīscitis		dēscīscunt
	imperfect	dēscīscēbam		dēscīscēbās		dēscīscēbat		dēscīscēbāmus		dēscīscēbātis		dēscīscēbant
	future	dēscīscam		dēscīscēs		dēscīscet		dēscīscēmus		dēscīscētis		dēscīscent
	perfect	dēscīvī, dēsciī		dēscīvistī, dēsciistī		dēscīvit, dēsciit		dēscīvimus, dēsciimus		dēscīvistis, dēsciistis		dēscīvērunt, dēscīvēre, dēsciērunt, dēsciēre
	pluperfect	dēscīveram, dēscieram		dēscīverās, dēscierās		dēscīverat, dēscierat		dēscīverāmus, dēscierāmus		dēscīverātis, dēscierātis		dēscīverant, dēscierant
	future perfect	dēscīverō, dēscierō		dēscīveris, dēscieris		dēscīverit, dēscierit		dēscīverimus, dēscierimus		dēscīveritis, dēscieritis		dēscīverint, dēscierint
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	dēscīscam		dēscīscās		dēscīscat		dēscīscāmus		dēscīscātis		dēscīscant
	imperfect	dēscīscerem		dēscīscerēs		dēscīsceret		dēscīscerēmus		dēscīscerētis		dēscīscerent
	perfect	dēscīverim, dēscierim		dēscīverīs, dēscierīs		dēscīverit, dēscierit		dēscīverīmus, dēscierīmus		dēscīverītis, dēscierītis		dēscīverint, dēscierint
	pluperfect	dēscīvissem, dēsciissem		dēscīvissēs, dēsciissēs		dēscīvisset, dēsciisset		dēscīvissēmus, dēsciissēmus		dēscīvissētis, dēsciissētis		dēscīvissent, dēsciissent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		dēscīsce		—		—		dēscīscite		—
	future	—		dēscīscitō		dēscīscitō		—		dēscīscitōte		dēscīscuntō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		dēscīscere			—			dēscīscēns			—
future		dēscītūrum esse			—			dēscītūrus			—
perfect		dēscīvisse, dēsciisse			—			—			—
perfect potential		dēscītūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		dēscīscendī		dēscīscendō		dēscīscendum		dēscīscendō		dēscītum		dēscītū

Related terms

• ascīscō
• cōnscīscō
• perscīscō
• rescīscō
• scīscō

References

• “descisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “descisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "descisco", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• descisco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to swerve from the truth: a veritate deflectere, desciscere
    
  • to deteriorate: a maiorum virtute desciscere, degenerare, deflectere