destituo

Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ statuō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːsˈti.tu.oː/, [d̪eːs̠ˈt̪ɪt̪uoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /desˈti.tu.o/, [d̪esˈt̪iːt̪uo]

Verb

dēstituō (present infinitive dēstituere, perfect active dēstituī, supine dēstitūtum); third conjugation

1. to fix or set in position; to place

   Synonyms: pono, collocō, statuo, sisto, figo, constituo

2. to leave alone, forsake, abandon or desert

   Synonyms: dēserō, relinquō, omittō, dēdō, concēdō, dēficiō, oblīvīscor, cēdō, linquō, dēsinō, dissimulō, trādō, addīcō, dīmittō, praetereō, neglegō, pōnō, reddō, remittō, permittō, tribuō

   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I.41:

     si destituat spes

     if her hopes should disappoint her

   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.363–364:

     flēbat Aristaeus, quod apēs cum stirpe necātās
     vīderat inceptōs dēstituisse favōs.

     Aristaeus was weeping, because he had seen that his bees, destroyed together with their offspring, had abandoned the unfinished honeycombs.

3. to delude, deceive, cheat

   Synonyms: dēcipiō, mentior, frūstror, ēlūdō, fallō, fraudō, circumdūcō, circumveniō, indūcō, ingannō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of dēstituō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēstituō	dēstituis	dēstituit	dēstituimus	dēstituitis	dēstituunt
	imperfect	dēstituēbam	dēstituēbās	dēstituēbat	dēstituēbāmus	dēstituēbātis	dēstituēbant
	future	dēstituam	dēstituēs	dēstituet	dēstituēmus	dēstituētis	dēstituent
	perfect	dēstituī	dēstituistī	dēstituit	dēstituimus	dēstituistis	dēstituērunt, dēstituēre
	pluperfect	dēstitueram	dēstituerās	dēstituerat	dēstituerāmus	dēstituerātis	dēstituerant
	future perfect	dēstituerō	dēstitueris	dēstituerit	dēstituerimus	dēstitueritis	dēstituerint
passive	present	dēstituor	dēstitueris, dēstituere	dēstituitur	dēstituimur	dēstituiminī	dēstituuntur
	imperfect	dēstituēbar	dēstituēbāris, dēstituēbāre	dēstituēbātur	dēstituēbāmur	dēstituēbāminī	dēstituēbantur
	future	dēstituar	dēstituēris, dēstituēre	dēstituētur	dēstituēmur	dēstituēminī	dēstituentur
	perfect	dēstitūtus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dēstitūtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dēstitūtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēstituam	dēstituās	dēstituat	dēstituāmus	dēstituātis	dēstituant
imperfect	dēstituerem	dēstituerēs	dēstitueret	dēstituerēmus	dēstituerētis	dēstituerent
perfect	dēstituerim	dēstituerīs	dēstituerit	dēstituerīmus	dēstituerītis	dēstituerint
pluperfect	dēstituissem	dēstituissēs	dēstituisset	dēstituissēmus	dēstituissētis	dēstituissent
passive	present	dēstituar	dēstituāris, dēstituāre	dēstituātur	dēstituāmur	dēstituāminī	dēstituantur
imperfect	dēstituerer	dēstituerēris, dēstituerēre	dēstituerētur	dēstituerēmur	dēstituerēminī	dēstituerentur
perfect	dēstitūtus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	dēstitūtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dēstitue	—	—	dēstituite	—
	future	—	dēstituitō	dēstituitō	—	dēstituitōte	dēstituuntō
passive	present	—	dēstituere	—	—	dēstituiminī	—
	future	—	dēstituitor	dēstituitor	—	—	dēstituuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dēstituere	dēstituisse	dēstitūtūrum esse	dēstituī	dēstitūtum esse	dēstitūtum īrī
participles		dēstituēns	—	dēstitūtūrus	—	dēstitūtus	dēstituendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dēstituendī	dēstituendō	dēstituendum	dēstituendō	dēstitūtum	dēstitūtū

Descendants

• Catalan: destituir
• French: destituer
• Galician: destituír
• Italian: destituire
• Portuguese: destituir
• Romanian: destitui
• Spanish: destituir

References

• “destituo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• destituo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• “destituo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• destituo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

destituo

1. first-person singular present indicative of destituir