Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 526.dēsinō on page 526
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dēsinere to cease
dēsinere is a Latin Verb that primarily means to cease.
Definitions for dēsinere
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
cease, leave off
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To leave off, desist, finish, stop; (w. gen.) to cease (from); (w. abl., in+abl., adv.) to leave off (at a given stage or in a given condition). (b) to stop speaking, etc., break off; (w. in+acc.) to end (in). (c) (of natural forces, conditions, activities, etc.) to come to an end, cease; (w. in+acc.) to end (in.).
- 2
(w. inf.) To leave off, cease (doing something). (b) (pass., w. pass. inf.) to cease (to be, etc.); (also impers.pass.).
- 3
(w. acc.) To leave off, cease from (an activity).
- 4
To come to an end (spatially); (w. abl., or in+abl., acc.) to end (with, or in). (b) (of words, phrases, etc.) to end; (w. abl., or in+abl., acc.) to end (with); to come at the end.
Sentences with dēsinere
Latin to English
Illa cantat, nos tacemus: quando ver venit meum? Quando fiam uti chelidon ut tacere desinam?Compare She sings, we are mute: when is my spring coming? When shall I be as the swallow, that I may cease to be voiceless?
Miser Catulle, desinas ineptire, et quod vides perisse perditum ducas.Compare Poor Catullus, 'tis time you should cease your folly, and account as lost what you see is lost. [Tr. F. W. Cornish]
Desine iam, Lalage, tristes ornare capillos, tangat et insanum nulla puella caput. (Martial, Epigrams II,66.3)Compare Stop, now, Lalage, to arrange your dire locks and let no maid touch your ill-tempered head.
Omne bellum sumi facile, ceterum aegerrume desinere ... incipere cuivis, etiam ignavo licere, deponi, cum victores velint.Compare War is always easy to start, but very hard to end ... anyone, even a coward, may take up arms, but only the victors can say when they are to be laid down.
Equidem non desino tuus decretum defendo.Compare I for my part will not cease to defend your decrees.
Conjugation table for dēsinere
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| dēsinō dēsinis dēsinit dēsinimus dēsinitis dēsinunt | dēsinēbam dēsinēbās dēsinēbat dēsinēbāmus dēsinēbātis dēsinēbant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| dēsīvī / dēsiī dēsīvistī / dēsiistī dēsīvit / dēsiit dēsīvimus / dēsiimus dēsīvistis / dēsiistis dēsīvērunt / dēsīvēre / dēsiērunt / dēsiēre | dēsīveram / dēsieram dēsīverās / dēsierās dēsīverat / dēsierat dēsīverāmus / dēsierāmus dēsīverātis / dēsierātis dēsīverant / dēsierant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| dēsinam dēsinēs dēsinet dēsinēmus dēsinētis dēsinent | dēsīverō / dēsierō dēsīveris / dēsieris dēsīverit / dēsierit dēsīverimus / dēsierimus dēsīveritis / dēsieritis dēsīverint / dēsierint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| dēsinam dēsinās dēsinat dēsināmus dēsinātis dēsinant | dēsinerem dēsinerēs dēsineret dēsinerēmus dēsinerētis dēsinerent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| dēsīverim / dēsierim dēsīveris / dēsieris dēsīverit / dēsierit dēsīverimus / dēsierimus dēsīveritis / dēsieritis dēsīverint / dēsierint | dēsīvissem / dēsiissem dēsīvissēs / dēsiissēs dēsīvisset / dēsiisset dēsīvissēmus / dēsiissēmus dēsīvissētis / dēsiissētis dēsīvissent / dēsiissent |
Infinitive present dēsinere Infinitive perfect dēsīvisse / dēsiisse Infinitive future dēsitūrum esse | Imperative present dēsine dēsinite Imperative future dēsinitō dēsinitō dēsinitōte dēsinuntō |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 474.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 526.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 123.
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "dēsinō, dēsinere, dēsīvī, dēsitum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed July 23, 2025. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/desino-desinere-desivi-desitum.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 474.on page 474
