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, no passive)
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 infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present dēscīscere — dēscīscēns —
future dēscītūrum esse — dēscītūrus —
perfect dēscīvisse,
dēsciisse 		— — —
perfect potential dēscītūrum fuisse — — —
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[1], 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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