decido

Asturian

Verb

decido

first-person singular present indicative of decidir

Esperanto

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [deˈt͡sido]
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ido
Hyphenation: de‧cid‧o

Noun

decido (accusative singular decidon, plural decidoj, accusative plural decidojn)

decision

Galician

Etymology 1

Participle

decido (feminine decida, masculine plural decidos, feminine plural decidas)

past participle of decer

Etymology 2

Verb

decido

first-person singular present indicative of decidir

Ido

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /deˈt͡sido/

Noun

decido (plural decidi)

decision

Italian

Verb

decido

first-person singular present indicative of decidere

Anagrams

dedico, dedicò

Latin

Etymology 1

From dē- (“down from”) +‎ cadō (“I fall”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdeː.ki.doː/, [ˈd̪eːkɪd̪oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈde.t͡ʃi.do/, [ˈd̪ɛːt͡ʃid̪o]

Verb

dēcidō (present infinitive dēcidere, perfect active dēcidī); third conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

(intransitive) to fall down or off; collapse; drop, hang down
(intransitive) to die, fall dead
(intransitive, figuratively) to sink, perish

Conjugation

Conjugation of dēcidō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active-only)

indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēcidō	dēcidis	dēcidit	dēcidimus	dēciditis	dēcidunt
	imperfect	dēcidēbam	dēcidēbās	dēcidēbat	dēcidēbāmus	dēcidēbātis	dēcidēbant
	future	dēcidam	dēcidēs	dēcidet	dēcidēmus	dēcidētis	dēcident
	perfect	dēcidī	dēcidistī	dēcidit	dēcidimus	dēcidistis	dēcidērunt, dēcidēre
	pluperfect	dēcideram	dēciderās	dēciderat	dēciderāmus	dēciderātis	dēciderant
	future perfect	dēciderō	dēcideris	dēciderit	dēciderimus	dēcideritis	dēciderint
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēcidam	dēcidās	dēcidat	dēcidāmus	dēcidātis	dēcidant
	imperfect	dēciderem	dēciderēs	dēcideret	dēciderēmus	dēciderētis	dēciderent
	perfect	dēciderim	dēciderīs	dēciderit	dēciderīmus	dēciderītis	dēciderint
	pluperfect	dēcidissem	dēcidissēs	dēcidisset	dēcidissēmus	dēcidissētis	dēcidissent
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dēcide	—	—	dēcidite	—
active	future	—	dēciditō	dēciditō	—	dēciditōte	dēciduntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dēcidere	dēcidisse	—	—	—	—
participles		dēcidēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dēcidendī	dēcidendō	dēcidendum	dēcidendō	—	—

Derived terms

dēciduus

Related terms

Descendants

Reflexes of an assumed variant *dēcadere (showing etymological recomposition):

Balkan Romance:
- Romanian: decădea
Italo-Romance:
- Italian: decadere, dicadere (archaic)
Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: decaure
- Old French: decheoir (see there for further descendants)
Ibero-Romance:
- Portuguese: decair
- Spanish: decaer

Etymology 2

From dē- (“down from”) +‎ caedō (“I cut”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːˈkiː.doː/, [d̪eːˈkiːd̪oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈt͡ʃi.do/, [d̪eˈt͡ʃiːd̪o]

Verb

dēcīdō (present infinitive dēcīdere, perfect active dēcīdī, supine dēcīsum); third conjugation

to cut off or away; clip; reduce, diminish
to beat severely, cudgel soundly, thrash
Synonym: concīdō
(figuratively) to decide, determine, settle, terminate, put an end to; agree

Conjugation

Conjugation of dēcīdō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēcīdō	dēcīdis	dēcīdit	dēcīdimus	dēcīditis	dēcīdunt
	imperfect	dēcīdēbam	dēcīdēbās	dēcīdēbat	dēcīdēbāmus	dēcīdēbātis	dēcīdēbant
	future	dēcīdam	dēcīdēs	dēcīdet	dēcīdēmus	dēcīdētis	dēcīdent
	perfect	dēcīdī	dēcīdistī	dēcīdit	dēcīdimus	dēcīdistis	dēcīdērunt, dēcīdēre
	pluperfect	dēcīderam	dēcīderās	dēcīderat	dēcīderāmus	dēcīderātis	dēcīderant
	future perfect	dēcīderō	dēcīderis	dēcīderit	dēcīderimus	dēcīderitis	dēcīderint
passive	present	dēcīdor	dēcīderis, dēcīdere	dēcīditur	dēcīdimur	dēcīdiminī	dēcīduntur
	imperfect	dēcīdēbar	dēcīdēbāris, dēcīdēbāre	dēcīdēbātur	dēcīdēbāmur	dēcīdēbāminī	dēcīdēbantur
	future	dēcīdar	dēcīdēris, dēcīdēre	dēcīdētur	dēcīdēmur	dēcīdēminī	dēcīdentur
	perfect	dēcīsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dēcīsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dēcīsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēcīdam	dēcīdās	dēcīdat	dēcīdāmus	dēcīdātis	dēcīdant
	imperfect	dēcīderem	dēcīderēs	dēcīderet	dēcīderēmus	dēcīderētis	dēcīderent
	perfect	dēcīderim	dēcīderīs	dēcīderit	dēcīderīmus	dēcīderītis	dēcīderint
	pluperfect	dēcīdissem	dēcīdissēs	dēcīdisset	dēcīdissēmus	dēcīdissētis	dēcīdissent
passive	present	dēcīdar	dēcīdāris, dēcīdāre	dēcīdātur	dēcīdāmur	dēcīdāminī	dēcīdantur
	imperfect	dēcīderer	dēcīderēris, dēcīderēre	dēcīderētur	dēcīderēmur	dēcīderēminī	dēcīderentur
	perfect	dēcīsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dēcīsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dēcīde	—	—	dēcīdite	—
active	future	—	dēcīditō	dēcīditō	—	dēcīditōte	dēcīduntō
passive	present	—	dēcīdere	—	—	dēcīdiminī	—
passive	future	—	dēcīditor	dēcīditor	—	—	dēcīduntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dēcīdere	dēcīdisse	dēcīsūrum esse	dēcīdī	dēcīsum esse	dēcīsum īrī
participles		dēcīdēns	—	dēcīsūrus	—	dēcīsus	dēcīdendus, dēcīdundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dēcīdendī	dēcīdendō	dēcīdendum	dēcīdendō	dēcīsum	dēcīsū

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

→ Asturian: decidir
→ Catalan: decidir
→ Esperanto: decidi
- Ido: decidar
Franco-Provençal: dècidre
→ Friulian: decidi
→ Galician: decidir
→ Italian: decidere
→ Occitan: decidir
→ Old French: decider
- → Middle English: deciden
  - English: decide
- Middle French: décider
  - French: décider
    - → Romanian: decide
→ Piedmontese: decide
→ Portuguese: decidir
→ Romanian: decide
→ Spanish: decidir

References

“decido”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“decido”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
decido in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to fall to the earth: in terram cadere, decidere
decido in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈsi.du/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈsi.do/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨˈsi.du/ [dɨˈsi.ðu]

Verb

decido

first-person singular present indicative of decidir

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /deˈθido/ [d̪eˈθi.ð̞o]
IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /deˈsido/ [d̪eˈsi.ð̞o]
Rhymes: -ido
Syllabification: de‧ci‧do

Verb

decido

first-person singular present indicative of decidir