desideo

Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ sedeō (“sit”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːˈsi.de.oː/, [d̪eːˈs̠ɪd̪eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈsi.de.o/, [d̪eˈs̬iːd̪eo]

Verb

dēsideō (present infinitive dēsidēre, perfect active dēsēdī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to remain or continue sitting
2. to sit idle or inactive, sit around, hang about

   Synonyms: vacō, cessō, sileō, iaceō, resideō, langueō, conquiēscō

3. to go to defecate

Conjugation

• This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources.

   Conjugation of dēsideō (second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	dēsideō		dēsidēs		dēsidet		dēsidēmus		dēsidētis		dēsident
	imperfect	dēsidēbam		dēsidēbās		dēsidēbat		dēsidēbāmus		dēsidēbātis		dēsidēbant
	future	dēsidēbō		dēsidēbis		dēsidēbit		dēsidēbimus		dēsidēbitis		dēsidēbunt
	perfect	dēsēdī		dēsēdistī		dēsēdit		dēsēdimus		dēsēdistis		dēsēdērunt, dēsēdēre
	pluperfect	dēsēderam		dēsēderās		dēsēderat		dēsēderāmus		dēsēderātis		dēsēderant
	future perfect	dēsēderō		dēsēderis		dēsēderit		dēsēderimus		dēsēderitis		dēsēderint
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	dēsideam		dēsideās		dēsideat		dēsideāmus		dēsideātis		dēsideant
	imperfect	dēsidērem		dēsidērēs		dēsidēret		dēsidērēmus		dēsidērētis		dēsidērent
	perfect	dēsēderim		dēsēderīs		dēsēderit		dēsēderīmus		dēsēderītis		dēsēderint
	pluperfect	dēsēdissem		dēsēdissēs		dēsēdisset		dēsēdissēmus		dēsēdissētis		dēsēdissent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		dēsidē		—		—		dēsidēte		—
	future	—		dēsidētō		dēsidētō		—		dēsidētōte		dēsidentō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		dēsidēre			—			dēsidēns			—
perfect		dēsēdisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		dēsidendī		dēsidendō		dēsidendum		dēsidendō		—		—

Derived terms

• dēsidia

Related terms

• assideō
• circumsedeō
• dissideō
• īnsideō
• obsideō
• persedeō
• possideō
• praesideō
• resideō
• sedeō
• supersedeō

References

• “desideo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “desideo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• desideo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.