desino

See also: desinò

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.zi.no/, (traditional) /ˈde.zi.no/
• Rhymes: -ɛzino, (traditional) -ezino
• Hyphenation: dè‧si‧no, (traditional) dé‧si‧no

Verb

desino

1. first-person singular present indicative of desinare

Anagrams

• Sidone, esondi, sedino

Latin

Etymology

dē- +‎ sinō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdeː.si.noː/, [ˈd̪eːs̠ɪnoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈde.si.no/, [ˈd̪ɛːs̬ino]

Verb

dēsinō (present infinitive dēsinere, perfect active dēsiī, supine dēsitum); third conjugation

1. to leave off, give over, give up

   Synonyms: relinquō, dēserō, omittō, dēdō, concēdō, dēcēdō, dēstituō, dēficiō, cēdō, linquō, addīcō, neglegō, remittō, permittō, tribuō

2. to cease, desist

   Synonyms: dēsistō, absistō, cessō, omittō, remittō, mittō, quiēscō

   Antonyms: incipiō, exōrdior, ōrdior, īnfit

   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.453–454:

     tū dēsine crēdere ventīs: perdidit illīus temporis aura fidem

     You [should] cease to trust the winds: at that season, the breeze has lost trustworthiness.
     Don't trust the winds: the breeze is unreliable that time of year.
     (Ovid warns his readers about the weather in February.)

3. to stop, end, close, make an end

Conjugation

   Conjugation of dēsinō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	dēsinō		dēsinis		dēsinit		dēsinimus		dēsinitis		dēsinunt
	imperfect	dēsinēbam		dēsinēbās		dēsinēbat		dēsinēbāmus		dēsinēbātis		dēsinēbant
	future	dēsinam		dēsinēs		dēsinet		dēsinēmus		dēsinētis		dēsinent
	perfect	dēsiī		dēsiistī		dēsiit		dēsiimus		dēsiistis		dēsiērunt, dēsiēre
	pluperfect	dēsieram		dēsierās		dēsierat		dēsierāmus		dēsierātis		dēsierant
	future perfect	dēsierō		dēsieris		dēsierit		dēsierimus		dēsieritis		dēsierint
passive	present	dēsinor		dēsineris, dēsinere		dēsinitur		dēsinimur		dēsiniminī		dēsinuntur
	imperfect	dēsinēbar		dēsinēbāris, dēsinēbāre		dēsinēbātur		dēsinēbāmur		dēsinēbāminī		dēsinēbantur
	future	dēsinar		dēsinēris, dēsinēre		dēsinētur		dēsinēmur		dēsinēminī		dēsinentur
	perfect	dēsitus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dēsitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dēsitus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	dēsinam		dēsinās		dēsinat		dēsināmus		dēsinātis		dēsinant
	imperfect	dēsinerem		dēsinerēs		dēsineret		dēsinerēmus		dēsinerētis		dēsinerent
	perfect	dēsierim		dēsierīs		dēsierit		dēsierīmus		dēsierītis		dēsierint
	pluperfect	dēsiissem		dēsiissēs		dēsiisset		dēsiissēmus		dēsiissētis		dēsiissent
passive	present	dēsinar		dēsināris, dēsināre		dēsinātur		dēsināmur		dēsināminī		dēsinantur
	imperfect	dēsinerer		dēsinerēris, dēsinerēre		dēsinerētur		dēsinerēmur		dēsinerēminī		dēsinerentur
	perfect	dēsitus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dēsitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		dēsine		—		—		dēsinite		—
	future	—		dēsinitō		dēsinitō		—		dēsinitōte		dēsinuntō
passive	present	—		dēsinere		—		—		dēsiniminī		—
	future	—		dēsinitor		dēsinitor		—		—		dēsinuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		dēsinere			dēsinī			dēsinēns			—
future		dēsitūrum esse			dēsitum īrī			dēsitūrus			dēsinendus, dēsinundus
perfect		dēsiisse			dēsitum esse			—			dēsitus
future perfect		—			dēsitum fore			—			—
perfect potential		dēsitūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		dēsinendī		dēsinendō		dēsinendum		dēsinendō		dēsitum		dēsitū

Derived terms

• dēsinentia (Mediaeval)

References

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