verbthird conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
dehīscō
dehīscō (present infinitive dehīscere, perfect active dehīvī)
Classical[deˈ(ɦ)iːs.koː]Ecclesiastical[deˈis.ko]
Meaning
- intransitiveto part, divide, split open, gape, yawn
Hī summō in flūctū pendent; hīs unda dehīscēns ¶ terram inter flūctūs aperit; […]
29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.106“[…]Neque enim ante dehīscent ¶ attonitæ magna ōra domūs.” 1910 translation by Theodore C. Williams “ […] For only unto prayer this haunted cave ¶ May its vast lips unclose.”
29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 6.52–53
Conjugation conjugation 3 no-supine
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | dehīscō | dehīscēbam | dehīscam | dehīvī | dehīveram | dehīverō |
| 2nd sg. | dehīscis | dehīscēbās | dehīscēs | dehīvistī | dehīverās | dehīveris |
| 3rd sg. | dehīscit | dehīscēbat | dehīscet | dehīvit | dehīverat | dehīverit |
| 1st pl. | dehīscimus | dehīscēbāmus | dehīscēmus | dehīvimus | dehīverāmus | dehīverimus |
| 2nd pl. | dehīscitis | dehīscēbātis | dehīscētis | dehīvistis | dehīverātis | dehīveritis |
| 3rd pl. | dehīscunt | dehīscēbant | dehīscent | dehīvērunt dehīvēre | dehīverant | dehīverint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | dehīscam | dehīscerem | dehīverim | dehīvissem |
| 2nd sg. | dehīscās | dehīscerēs | dehīverīs | dehīvissēs |
| 3rd sg. | dehīscat | dehīsceret | dehīverit | dehīvisset |
| 1st pl. | dehīscāmus | dehīscerēmus | dehīverīmus | dehīvissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | dehīscātis | dehīscerētis | dehīverītis | dehīvissētis |
| 3rd pl. | dehīscant | dehīscerent | dehīverint | dehīvissent |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | dehīsce | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | dehīscite | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | dehīscitō | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | dehīscitō | — |
| fut. 2nd pl. | dehīscitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | dehīscuntō | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | dehīscere | — |
| perfect infinitive | dehīvisse | — |
| present participle | dehīscēns | — |
gerunddehīscendī, dehīscendō, dehīscendum
dĕ-hisco, hīvi (in the
I. inf. dehisse, v. the foll.), ĕre, v. n., to part, divide, go apart; to split open; to gape, to yawn (excepting once in Varr., not ante-Aug.):
dehisse terram, Varr. L. L. 5, § 148 Müll.; so of the yawning earth, Verg. G. 1, 479; 3, 432; id. A. 4, 24 al.: unda dehiscens, id. ib. 1, 106: neque enim ante dehiscent Attonitae magna ora domus, id. ib. 6, 52: ex intervallo os paulum dehiscit, Cels. 7, 29 init.: cymba rimis, Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 27; cf.: navigium, springs aleak, Sen. Ep. 30: dehiscens intervallis acies, Liv. 29, 2: dehiscere ingentibus rimis, id. 91 Fragm. init.: rosa paullatim rubescens dehiscit ac sese pandit, Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 14; cf. ib. § 18 fin.: thynni pinguescunt in tantum ut dehiscant, burst open, id. 9, 15, 20, § 53.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
de-hīscō —, —, ere,
to part, divide, split open, gape, yawn: vel tellus mihi dehiscat, V.: terrae dehiscunt, V.: rimis dehiscit cumba, O.: dehiscens intervallis hostium acies, L.
Origins
From dĕ- + hīscō.
Descendants
- Englishdehisce
In English words that came into English from dehīscō
- dehiscencedehiscentia
- dehiscentdehīscēns
- dehiscedehīscō