distineo

Latin

Etymology

From dis- +‎ teneō (“hold; restrain”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /disˈti.ne.oː/, [d̪ɪs̠ˈt̪ɪneoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /disˈti.ne.o/, [d̪isˈt̪iːneo]

Verb

distineō (present infinitive distinēre, perfect active distinuī, supine distentum); second conjugation

1. to hold or keep apart; divide, separate, split

   Synonyms: discindō, scindō, findō, discerpō, carpō, discīdō, incīdō, intercīdō, distrahō

   Antonyms: cōgō, congerō, coniungō, contrahō

   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 2.5:

     Ipse Diviciacum Haeduum magnopere cohortatus docet quanto opere rei publicae communisque salutis intersit manus hostium distineri, ne cum tanta multitudine uno tempore confligendum sit.

     He, addressing himself to Diviciacus, the Aeduan, with great earnestness, points out how much it concerns the republic and their common security, that the forces of the enemy should be divided, so that it might not be necessary to engage with so large a number at one time.

2. (of the mind) to divide, split, distract, perplex
3. to hold off, keep back, hold up; detain, hinder, prevent
4. to occupy, engage, divert, employ

Conjugation

Conjugation of distineō (second conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	distineō	distinēs	distinet	distinēmus	distinētis	distinent
	imperfect	distinēbam	distinēbās	distinēbat	distinēbāmus	distinēbātis	distinēbant
	future	distinēbō	distinēbis	distinēbit	distinēbimus	distinēbitis	distinēbunt
	perfect	distinuī	distinuistī	distinuit	distinuimus	distinuistis	distinuērunt, distinuēre
	pluperfect	distinueram	distinuerās	distinuerat	distinuerāmus	distinuerātis	distinuerant
	future perfect	distinuerō	distinueris	distinuerit	distinuerimus	distinueritis	distinuerint
passive	present	distineor	distinēris, distinēre	distinētur	distinēmur	distinēminī	distinentur
	imperfect	distinēbar	distinēbāris, distinēbāre	distinēbātur	distinēbāmur	distinēbāminī	distinēbantur
	future	distinēbor	distinēberis, distinēbere	distinēbitur	distinēbimur	distinēbiminī	distinēbuntur
	perfect	distentus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	distentus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	distentus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	distineam	distineās	distineat	distineāmus	distineātis	distineant
	imperfect	distinērem	distinērēs	distinēret	distinērēmus	distinērētis	distinērent
	perfect	distinuerim	distinuerīs	distinuerit	distinuerīmus	distinuerītis	distinuerint
	pluperfect	distinuissem	distinuissēs	distinuisset	distinuissēmus	distinuissētis	distinuissent
passive	present	distinear	distineāris, distineāre	distineātur	distineāmur	distineāminī	distineantur
	imperfect	distinērer	distinērēris, distinērēre	distinērētur	distinērēmur	distinērēminī	distinērentur
	perfect	distentus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	distentus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	distinē	—	—	distinēte	—
	future	—	distinētō	distinētō	—	distinētōte	distinentō
passive	present	—	distinēre	—	—	distinēminī	—
	future	—	distinētor	distinētor	—	—	distinentor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		distinēre	distinuisse	distentūrum esse	distinērī	distentum esse	distentum īrī
participles		distinēns	—	distentūrus	—	distentus	distinendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		distinendī	distinendō	distinendum	distinendō	distentum	distentū

Derived terms

• distentus

Related terms

• abstineō
• attineō
• circumteneō
• contineō
• dētineō
• obtineō
• pertineō
• retineō
• sustineō
• teneō
• trānstineō

References

• “distineo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “distineo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• distineo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to feel acute pain: doloribus premi, angi, ardere, cruciari, distineri et divelli
    
• distineo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016