desipio
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [deːˈsɪ.pi.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d̪eˈs̬iː.pi.o]
Verb
dēsipiō (present infinitive dēsipere, perfect active dēsipuī); third conjugation iō-variant, no passive, no supine stem
- to be foolish (or act foolishly), fool around, clown around
- Dulce est desipere in loco.(Horatius)
- It's pleasant to act silly now and then
Conjugation
References
- “desipio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “desipio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- desipio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to almost lose one's reason from excess of joy: nimio gaudio paene desipere
- to almost lose one's reason from excess of joy: nimio gaudio paene desipere
- desipio in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016