desipio

Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ sapiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːˈsi.pi.oː/, [d̪eːˈs̠ɪpioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈsi.pi.o/, [d̪eˈs̬iːpio]

Verb

dēsipiō (present infinitive dēsipere, perfect active dēsipuī); third conjugation iō-variant, no passive, no supine stem

1. to be foolish (or act foolishly), fool around, clown around

   Dulce est desipere in loco.

   It's pleasant to act silly now and then

   (Horatius)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of dēsipiō (third conjugation iō-variant, no passive, no supine stem)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	dēsipiō		dēsipis		dēsipit		dēsipimus		dēsipitis		dēsipiunt
	imperfect	dēsipiēbam		dēsipiēbās		dēsipiēbat		dēsipiēbāmus		dēsipiēbātis		dēsipiēbant
	future	dēsipiam		dēsipiēs		dēsipiet		dēsipiēmus		dēsipiētis		dēsipient
	perfect	dēsipuī		dēsipuistī		dēsipuit		dēsipuimus		dēsipuistis		dēsipuēre, dēsipuērunt
	pluperfect	dēsipueram		dēsipuerās		dēsipuerat		dēsipuerāmus		dēsipuerātis		dēsipuerant
	future perfect	dēsipuerō		dēsipueris		dēsipuerit		dēsipuerimus		dēsipueritis		dēsipuerint
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	dēsipiam		dēsipiās		dēsipiat		dēsipiāmus		dēsipiātis		dēsipiant
	imperfect	dēsiperem		dēsiperēs		dēsiperet		dēsiperēmus		dēsiperētis		dēsiperent
	perfect	dēsipuerim		dēsipuerīs		dēsipuerit		dēsipuerīmus		dēsipuerītis		dēsipuerint
	pluperfect	dēsipuissem		dēsipuissēs		dēsipuisset		dēsipuissēmus		dēsipuissētis		dēsipuissent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		dēsipe		—		—		dēsipite		—
	future	—		dēsipitō		dēsipitō		—		dēsipitōte		dēsipiuntō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		dēsipere			—			dēsipiēns			—
perfect		dēsipuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		dēsipiendī		dēsipiendō		dēsipiendum		dēsipiendō		—		—

References

• “desipio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “desipio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• desipio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to almost lose one's reason from excess of joy: nimio gaudio paene desipere
    
• desipio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016