dēscīscō
Meaning
- to free oneself, withdraw, leave, defect, desert, revolt from
- broadlyto desert to, go over to
- usuallyto depart, deviate, withdraw from someone or something; fall off from; to be unfaithful to
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
ā partibus discēdōChoosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Turbæ · Tumultus · Seditio · Secessio · Deficere · Desciscere
Turbæ and tumultus denote the civil broils of public life; turbæ (τύρβη) interruptions of public order; tumultus (from tumere) of the public peace; whereas seditio and secessio are political commotions, in consequence of decided, evident differences of opinion, and of conflicting principles; seditio (from se and ire) when concord is first disturbed, and the parties as yet contend with words only; secessio, when the prospect of reconciliation is already given up, and the parties either stand opposite each other, ready to come to blows, or, at least, have broken off all connection with each other. 2. The seditiosi and secedentes are citizens and members of a free community, and only suspend public concord; whereas the deficientes and desciscentes break a compact, because, either as subjected states they rebel, or as allies fall off; deficere, as the most general expression, represents the falling off, in a moral point of view, as a treacherous, fickle, cowardly desertion; desciscere (from scindere) in a political point of view, as an alteration in the constitution and political system. (v. 363.)
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | dēscīscō | dēscīscēbam | dēscīscam | dēscīvī dēsciī | dēscīveram dēscieram | dēscīverō dēscierō |
| 2nd sg. | dēscīscis | dēscīscēbās | dēscīscēs | dēscīvistī dēsciistī | dēscīverās dēscierās | dēscīveris dēscieris |
| 3rd sg. | dēscīscit | dēscīscēbat | dēscīscet | dēscīvit dēsciit | dēscīverat dēscierat | dēscīverit dēscierit |
| 1st pl. | dēscīscimus | dēscīscēbāmus | dēscīscēmus | dēscīvimus dēsciimus | dēscīverāmus dēscierāmus | dēscīverimus dēscierimus |
| 2nd pl. | dēscīscitis | dēscīscēbātis | dēscīscētis | dēscīvistis dēsciistis | dēscīverātis dēscierātis | dēscīveritis dēscieritis |
| 3rd pl. | dēscīscunt | dēscīscēbant | dēscīscent | dēscīvērunt dēscīvēre, dēsciērunt, dēsciēre | dēscīverant dēscierant | dēscīverint dēscierint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | dēscīscam | dēscīscerem | dēscīverim dēscierim | dēscīvissem dēsciissem |
| 2nd sg. | dēscīscās | dēscīscerēs | dēscīverīs dēscierīs | dēscīvissēs dēsciissēs |
| 3rd sg. | dēscīscat | dēscīsceret | dēscīverit dēscierit | dēscīvisset dēsciisset |
| 1st pl. | dēscīscāmus | dēscīscerēmus | dēscīverīmus dēscierīmus | dēscīvissēmus dēsciissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | dēscīscātis | dēscīscerētis | dēscīverītis dēscierītis | dēscīvissētis dēsciissētis |
| 3rd pl. | dēscīscant | dēscīscerent | dēscīverint dēscierint | dēscīvissent dēsciissent |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | dēscīsce | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | dēscīscite | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | dēscīscitō | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | dēscīscitō | — |
| fut. 2nd pl. | dēscīscitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | dēscīscuntō | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | dēscīscere | — |
| perfect infinitive | dēscīvisse dēsciisse | — |
| future infinitive | dēscītūrum esse | — |
| present participle | dēscīscēns | — |
| future participle | dēscītūrus dēscītūra, dēscītūrā, dēscītūrae, dēscītūram, dēscītūrārum, dēscītūrās, dēscītūre, dēscītūrī, dēscītūrīs, dēscītūrō, dēscītūrōrum, dēscītūrōs, dēscītūrum | — |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- a veritate deflectere, desciscere
- to swerve from the truth.
- a maiorum virtute desciscere, degenerare, deflectere
- to deteriorate.
multae longinquiores civitates ab Afranio desciscunt, Caes. B. C. 1, 60 fin.; so, ab aliquo, id. ib. 2, 32, 2; Cic. Phil. 11, 9, 21; Liv. 6, 36; Nep. Alc. 5, 1; id. Dat. 5, 5; Just. 5, 1 fin. et saep.: ad aliquem (opp. a nobis deficere), Liv. 31, 7; cf.: Praeneste ab Latinis ad Romanos descivit, id. 2, 19; and simply: ad aliquem, id. 26, 21; Front. Strat. 4, 3, 14 al.; cf. pass. impers.: quibus invitis descitum ad Samnites erat, Liv. 9, 16; and Flor. 3, 5, 6.—Absol.: cum Fidenae aperte descissent, Liv. 1, 27; 21, 19; Tac. H. 1, 31; Suet. Caes. 68; Nep. Tim. 3, 1; id. Ham. 2, 2; Front. Strat. 1, 8, 6: Stat. Th. 2, 311 al.—a nobis desciscere quaeres? Lucr. 1, 104: a se ipse, Cic. Att. 2, 4, 2: si Cicero a Demosthene paulum in hac parte descivit, Quint. 9, 4, 146: cur Zeno ab hac antiqua institutione desciverit, Cic. Fin. 4, 8; so, a pristina causa, id. Fam. 1, 9, 17 Orell. N. cr.: a veritate, id. Ac. 2, 15: a natura, id. Tusc. 3, 2: a disciplina, Vell. 2, 81: a virtute, id. 2, 1: a consuetudine parentum, Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 4 et saep.: a vita, to separate, sever one's self, Cic. Fin. 3, 18, 61 (opp. manere in vita).—Pass. impers.: praecipiti cursu a virtute descitum, ad vitia transcursum, Vell. 2, 1.—Stating the terminus, to fall off to, decline to; to degenerate into: ab excitata fortuna ad inclinatam et prope jacentem, Cic. Fam. 2, 16; cf.: ad saevitiam, ad cupiditatem, Suet. Dom. 10: in regem (i. e. to degenerate, be transformed), Flor. 4, 3: in monstrum, id. 4, 11.—quis ignorat et eloquentiam et ceteras artes descivisse ab ista vetere gloria, Tac. Or. 28: (vitis) gracili arvo non desciscit, does not degenerate, Col. 3, 2, 13: semina, id. 3, 10, 18.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindēscīscō
Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey-der. Latin sciō Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Italic *-skō Latin -scō Latin scīscō Latin dēscīscō From dē- + scīscō (“seek to know; learn; approve”).