descisco

Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ scīscō (“seek to know; learn; approve”).

Pronunciation

Verb

dēscīscō (present infinitive dēscīscere, perfect active dēscīvī or dēsciī, supine dēscītum); third conjugation, no passive

  1. to free oneself, withdraw, leave, defect, desert, revolt from
  2. (by extension) to desert to, go over to
    Synonyms: trānsfugiō, trānseō, trānsmittō, trānsgredior
  3. (in general) to depart, deviate, withdraw from someone or something; fall off from; to be unfaithful to
    Synonym: discēdō

Conjugation
   Conjugation of dēscīscō (third conjugation, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dēscīscō dēscīscis dēscīscit dēscīscimus dēscīscitis dēscīscunt
imperfect dēscīscēbam dēscīscēbās dēscīscēbat dēscīscēbāmus dēscīscēbātis dēscīscēbant
future dēscīscam dēscīscēs dēscīscet dēscīscēmus dēscīscētis dēscīscent
perfect dēscīvī,
dēsciī		 dēscīvistī,
dēsciistī		 dēscīvit,
dēsciit		 dēscīvimus,
dēsciimus		 dēscīvistis,
dēsciistis		 dēscīvērunt,
dēscīvēre,
dēsciērunt,
dēsciēre
pluperfect dēscīveram,
dēscieram		 dēscīverās,
dēscierās		 dēscīverat,
dēscierat		 dēscīverāmus,
dēscierāmus		 dēscīverātis,
dēscierātis		 dēscīverant,
dēscierant
future perfect dēscīverō,
dēscierō		 dēscīveris,
dēscieris		 dēscīverit,
dēscierit		 dēscīverimus,
dēscierimus		 dēscīveritis,
dēscieritis		 dēscīverint,
dēscierint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dēscīscam dēscīscās dēscīscat dēscīscāmus dēscīscātis dēscīscant
imperfect dēscīscerem dēscīscerēs dēscīsceret dēscīscerēmus dēscīscerētis dēscīscerent
perfect dēscīverim,
dēscierim		 dēscīverīs,
dēscierīs		 dēscīverit,
dēscierit		 dēscīverīmus,
dēscierīmus		 dēscīverītis,
dēscierītis		 dēscīverint,
dēscierint
pluperfect dēscīvissem,
dēsciissem		 dēscīvissēs,
dēsciissēs		 dēscīvisset,
dēsciisset		 dēscīvissēmus,
dēsciissēmus		 dēscīvissētis,
dēsciissētis		 dēscīvissent,
dēsciissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — dēscīsce — — dēscīscite —
future — dēscīscitō dēscīscitō — dēscīscitōte dēscīscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives dēscīscere dēscīvisse,
dēsciisse		 dēscītūrum esse — — —
participles dēscīscēns — dēscītūrus — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
dēscīscendī dēscīscendō dēscīscendum dēscīscendō dēscītum dēscītū

References
  • “descisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “descisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • descisco in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • descisco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to swerve from the truth: a veritate deflectere, desciscere
    • to deteriorate: a maiorum virtute desciscere, degenerare, deflectere
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