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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dēsinere	dēsiisse	dēsitūrum esse	dēsinī	dēsitum esse	dēsitum īrī
participles		dēsinēns	—	dēsitūrus	—	dēsitus	dēsinendus, dēsinundus
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.