verbthird conjugation
discēdō
discēdō (present infinitive discēdere, perfect active discessī, supine discessum)
Classical[dɪsˈkeː.doː]Ecclesiastical[diʃˈʃɛː.do]
№ 726 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- intransitiveto leave, depart, abandon, retire (with ablative)
Quam ob rem, discēde atque hunc mihi timōrem ēripe; sī est vērus, nē opprimar, sīn falsus, ut tandem aliquandō timēre dēsinam.
On account of this concern, depart and take away this fear from me; if it is true, so that I may not be attacked, but if false, so that finally, at last, I may cease to fear.63 BCE, Cicero, In Catilinam orationes 1.18Nusquam īnfectā rē discēderent
Never abandoned an enterprise without accomplishing it (lit: Never withdrew from an unfinished enterprise)c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico VII.17 - intransitiveto not fulfill, fail to fulfill one's target
- intransitiveto deviate from a target or custom
- intransitiveto vanish, disappear
- intransitiveto die
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
ab locō eō; abeō.discēdō -ere discessī — in Mille Verba, ch. Via et Iter
abeō, ā locō recēdōdiscēdō -ere — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 17
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | discēdō | discēdēbam | discēdam | discessī | discesseram | discesserō |
| 2nd sg. | discēdis | discēdēbās | discēdēs | discessistī | discesserās | discesseris |
| 3rd sg. | discēdit | discēdēbat | discēdet | discessit | discesserat | discesserit |
| 1st pl. | discēdimus | discēdēbāmus | discēdēmus | discessimus | discesserāmus | discesserimus |
| 2nd pl. | discēditis | discēdēbātis | discēdētis | discessistis | discesserātis | discesseritis |
| 3rd pl. | discēdunt | discēdēbant | discēdent | discessērunt discessēre | discesserant | discesserint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | discēdam | discēderem | discesserim | discessissem |
| 2nd sg. | discēdās | discēderēs | discesserīs | discessissēs |
| 3rd sg. | discēdat | discēderet | discesserit | discessisset |
| 1st pl. | discēdāmus | discēderēmus | discesserīmus | discessissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | discēdātis | discēderētis | discesserītis | discessissētis |
| 3rd pl. | discēdant | discēderent | discesserint | discessissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | discēdor | discēdēbar | discēdar |
| 2nd sg. | discēderis discēdere | discēdēbāris discēdēbāre | discēdēris discēdēre |
| 3rd sg. | discēditur | discēdēbātur | discēdētur |
| 1st pl. | discēdimur | discēdēbāmur | discēdēmur |
| 2nd pl. | discēdiminī | discēdēbāminī | discēdēminī |
| 3rd pl. | discēduntur | discēdēbantur | discēdentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | discēdar | discēderer |
| 2nd sg. | discēdāris discēdāre | discēderēris discēderēre |
| 3rd sg. | discēdātur | discēderētur |
| 1st pl. | discēdāmur | discēderēmur |
| 2nd pl. | discēdāminī | discēderēminī |
| 3rd pl. | discēdantur | discēderentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | discēde | discēdere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | discēdite | discēdiminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | discēditō | discēditor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | discēditō | discēditor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | discēditōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | discēduntō | discēduntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | discēdere | discēdī |
| perfect infinitive | discessisse | discessum esse |
| future infinitive | discessūrum esse | discessum īrī |
| present participle | discēdēns discēdente, discēdentem, discēdentēs, discēdentī, discēdentia, discēdentibus, discēdentis, discēdentīs, discēdentium | — |
| perfect participle | — | discessus discessa, discessā, discessae, discessam, discessārum, discessās, discesse, discessīs, discessō, discessōrum, discessōs |
| future participle | discessūrus discessūra, discessūrā, discessūrae, discessūram, discessūrārum, discessūrās, discessūre, discessūrī, discessūrīs, discessūrō, discessūrōrum, discessūrōs, discessūrum | discēdendus discēdundus |
gerunddiscēdendī, discēdendō, discēdendumsupinediscessum, discessū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- a lege discedere
- to transgress a law.
- ab officio discedere
- to neglect one's duty.
- a sententia sua discedere
- to give up one's opinion.
- cum discessi, -eris, -eritis ab
- putting aside, except.
- discedere a, de, ex loco aliquo
- to leave a place.
- a vetere consuetudine discedere
- to give up old customs.
- a virtute discedere or deficere
- to deviate from the path of virtue.
- ab alicuius latere non discedere
- to be always at a person's side.
7 more phrases
- ab armis discedere (Phil. 11. 33)
- to lay down arms.
- in duas partes discedere (Sall. Iug. 13. 1)
- to divide into two factions.
- numquam ex animo meo memoria illius rei discedet
- the memory of this will never fade from my mind.
- proelio vinci, superari, inferiorem, victum discedere
- to be defeated in fight, lose the battle.
- in diversas partes or simply diversi abeunt, discedunt
- they disperse in different directions.
- discedere (pedibus), ire in alicuius sententiam (Liv. 23. 10)
- to vote for some one's motion.
- superiorem (opp. inferiorem), victorem (proelio, pugna) discedere
- to come off victorious.
dis-cēdo, cessi, cessum, 3 (
I. (With the notion of dis predominating.)
A. To part asunder, divide, separate (rare but class.; cf.: linquo, relinquo, desero, desum, destituo, deficio).
1. Lit.:
cum terra discessisset magnis quibusdam imbribus, Cic. Off. 3, 9: caelum, opens, id. Div. 1, 43, 97; 1, 44, 99, i. e. clears off, Verg. A. 9, 20 (this last is quoted in Sen. Q. N. 7, 20): sulcus vomere, Luc. 6, 382: VT SODALITATES DECVRIATIQVE DISCEDERENT, SC. ap. Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 5; cf.: cum discedere populum jussissent tribuni, Liv. 3, 11: populus ex contione, Sall. J. 34 fin.: armati in latitudinem, Sisenn. ap. Non. 99, 7: in duas partes, Sall. J. 13, 1: in partes, Tac. A. 1, 49; cf.: in manipulos, id. ib. 1, 34: fumus in auras, Lucr. 3, 436: ad semina rerum, id. 2, 833: palus multos discessit in amnes, Luc. 6, 360: citius paterer caput hoc discedere collo, Prop. 2, 6, 7.—2. Trop.:
divisio in tres partes, Quint. 12, 10, 58: haec in duo genera, id. 3, 6, 86.—B. To part from one's connection with one, i. e. to leave, forsake, desert (rare but class.).—With a or ab: uxor a Dolabella discessit, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6:
ab amicis in re publica peccantibus, Cic. Lael. 12, 42: ab amicis, id. ib. 20, 75: a nobis, Caes. B. C. 3, 60, 3: milites in itinere ab eo discedunt, id. ib. 1, 12, 2: a Perseo, Liv. 43, 6.II. (With the notion of cedere predominating.) To depart from any place or person, to go away from, to leave (cf.: proficiscor, abeo; so most frequently in all periods and sorts of composition).
A. Lit.
1. In gen.: constr. with ab, ex, or absol., rarely with de—With ab: cum discesti ab hero, atque abisti ad forum, Plaut. As. 2, 1, 3;
so with abire, id. ib. 3, 3, 13; Cic. Att. 7, 2 fin.: quod legati eorum paulo ante a Caesare discesserant, Caes. B. G. 4, 12, 1: ab suis, id. ib. 5, 3, 6: ab exercitu, id. ib. 7, 9, 1; id. B. C. 1, 9, 3 et saep.: a senis latere numquam, Cic. Lael. 1, 1: a vallo, Caes. B. C. 3, 37, 3: ab loco, id. ib. 5, 34, 1: a litore, id. ib. 5, 8 fin. et saep.—With ex: non modo illum e Gallia non discessisse, sed ne a Mutina quidem recessisse, Cic. Phil. 8, 7, 21: ex contione, Caes. B. C. 2, 33, 2: e medio, Suet. Caes. 1: e patria, Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 85 et saep.—With de: de foro, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 65, § 147; 2, 4, 22, § 49; id. Rosc. Am. 29, 79: de colloquio, Liv. 32, 40.—With abl. without a prep.: templo, Ov. M. 1, 381: finibus Ausoniae, id. Tr. 1, 3, 5: lecto, id. H. 1, 81: Tarracone, Caes. B. C. 2, 21, 5: Capua, Cic. Att. 7, 21.—Absol.: ille discessit, ego somno solutus sum, Cic. Rep. 6, 26 fin.; so, Caes. B. G. 1, 39, 3; id. B. C. 1, 22 fin.; Hor. S. 1, 9, 8 et saep.—Pass. impers.: ne longius ab agmine discedi pateretur, Caes. B. G. 5, 19, 3: ab concilio disceditur, id. ib. 7, 2 fin.: de colloquio discessum, Liv. 32, 40; Caes. B. C. 3, 87 fin.; Tac. A. 6, 44 fin.—b. Designating the term. ad quem, to go away to any place:
in silvas, Caes. B. G. 5, 39, 2: ex fuga in civitates, id. ib. 7, 88 fin.: in castra, id. B. C. 1, 83, 3: in proximos colles, Sall. J. 54 fin.: in loca occulta, id. ib. 56, 3: ad urbem, Verg. A. 12, 184 et saep.: Capreas, Tac. A. 6, 20: ex castris domum, Caes. B. G. 5, 7, 5; cf. simply domum, id. B. C. 1, 13, 3; 3, 87, 3: domos suas, Nep. Them. 4, 2 al.: cubitum, Cic. Rep. 6, 10.— 2. In partic.
a. In milit. lang., to march off, march away, decamp:
discessit a Brundisio obsessionemque nostrorum omisit, Caes. B. C. 3, 24 fin.: ab Gergovia, id. B. G. 7, 43 fin.: a mari Dyrrhachioque, id. B. C. 3, 44, 1: ab Zama, Sall. J. 61 al.: ex ea parte vici, Caes. B. G. 3, 2, 1: ex hibernis, id. ib. 5, 28, 3: ex eo loco, id. B. C. 3, 30, 7; cf.: ex iis locis cum classe, id. ib. 3, 101 fin.: Tarracone, id. ib. 2, 21, 5 et saep.: dispersi ac dissipati discedunt, Caes. B. G. 5, 58, 3; so absol., id. ib. 5, 53 fin.; 6, 33, 4 et saep.; so milit.: discedere ab signis, to quit the standard, leave the order of battle, Caes. B. G. 5, 16, 1; id. B. C. 1, 44, 4; Liv. 25, 20: qui discedere et abire cœptabant, i. e. to break ranks and go away, Suet. Oth. 11; cf.: ab ordinibus signisque Front. Strat. 1, 5, 3: ab armis, to lay down one's arms, Caes. B. G. 5, 41, 8; id. B. C. 1, 9, 5; Sall. C. 34, 1; Cic. Phil. 8, 11, 33; Liv. 9, 14 al.—b. Also in milit. lang., to get away, come away, come off in any manner from the battle (victorious, conquered, wounded, etc.); and sometimes to be translated simply to become, to be, etc.:
superiores, Caes. B. C. 1, 47, 1; so, superior, Sall. C. 39, 4: victor, Caes. B. C. 3, 47, 6; cf.: victor ab hoste, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 37: victus, to be conquered, Sall. C. 49, 2: graviter vulneratus, id. ib. 61, 7 et saep.: aequo proelio, Caes. B. C. 3, 112, 7; cf.: aequa manu, Sall. C. 39, 4: aequo Marte cum Volscis, Liv. 2, 40: sine detrimento, Caes. B. C. 3, 46, 6 et saep.—Pass. impers.: a proelio disceditur, Just. 6, 7, 12.—(b). Transf. beyond the milit. sphere (freq. into the judicial sphere, on account of its analogy to the former):
ut spoliis Sexti Roscii hoc judicio ornati auctique discedant, Cic. Rosc. Am. 3 fin.: superiorem, id. Caecin. 1, 2; so, liberatus, Nep. Phoc. 2, 3: omnium judicio probatus, Cic. Brut. 64, 229: impunita (tanta injuria), Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 30 et saep.: discessisses non male, Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 70; cf.: pulchre et probe et praeter spem, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 58: aut cum summa gloria aut sine molestia, Cic. Att. 2, 21 fin.; cf.: a judicio capitis maximā gloriā, Nep. Epam. 8 fin.: ita tum discedo ab illo, ut qui se filiam Neget daturum, Ter. And. 1, 1, 121; cf.: si possum discedere, ne causa optima in senatu pereat, Cic. Fam. 2, 16 fin.B. Trop.
1. In gen., to depart, deviate, swerve from; to leave, forsake, give up:
nihil a statu naturae, nihil a dignitate sapientis, Cic. Off. 1, 20, 67: a fide justitiaque, id. ib. 3, 20, 79: longe ab consuetudine mea et cautione ac diligentia, id. Font. 1, 2: a constantia atque a mente, atque a se ipse, id. Div. 2, 55, 114; cf.: a se, id. Brut. 79, 273; id. Fin. 5, 11, 33; 4, 5, 41; id. Tusc. 4, 6, 11: a recta conscientia, Att. ap. Cic. Att. 13, 20: a sua sententia, Caes. B. C. 1, 2, 5: ab officio, id. B. G. 1, 40, 3: ab oppugnatione castrorum, id. B. C. 2, 31, 3 et saep.: a judiciisque causisque, Cic. de Or. 2, 33, 144: a litteris, id. Fam. 9, 26: ab illa acerrima contentione, id. Or. 31: ab illa cavillatione, Quint. 12, 2, 14: a suscepta semel persuasione, id. 12, 2, 26 et saep.—2. In partic.
a. Pregn., to pass away, to vanish, to cease (very rarely):
modo audivi, quartanam a te discessisse, had left you, Cic. Att. 8, 6: ex animo memoria alicujus, id. Rep. 6, 9: hostibus spes potiundi oppidi discessit (opp. studium propugnandi accessit), Caes. B. G. 2, 7, 2: ubi hae sollicitudines discessere, Liv. 4, 52 fin.—b. In alicujus sententiam, in polit. lang., to pass or go over to another's opinion, Sall. C. 55, 1; Liv. 3, 41; 28, 45; cf.
the opp., in alia omnia, Cic. Fam. 10, 12, 3 (v. alius). In like manner: decurritur ad illud extremum atque ultimum SC., quo nisi paene in ipso urbis incendio ... numquam ante discessum est, which had never before been resorted to, Caes. B. C. 1, 5, 3; so perh.: ex oratione Caesaris ... hanc in opinionem discessi, ut, etc., Cic. Fam. 6, 14 fin.—c. Ab aliquo, in Cicero's letters in the sense of to leave out of consideration, i. e. to except:
cum a vobis meae salutis auctoribus discesserim, neminem esse, cujus officiis me tam esse devinctum confitear, if I except you, you excepted, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 18: ut cum ab illo discesserint, me habeant proximum, id. ib. 6, 12, 2: amoris erga me, cum a fraterno amore domesticoque discessi, tibi primas defero, id. Att. 1, 17, 5.!*? Once in the part. perf.: custodibus discessis, Cael. ap. Prisc. p. 869 P.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
dis-cēdō cessī, cessus, ere,
to go apart, part asunder, divide, separate, disperse, scatter : ex hac fugā auxilia discesserunt, Cs.: lignationis causā in silvas, Cs.: ut sodalitates decuriatique discederent: cum discedere populum iussissent tribuni, L.: in duas partīs, S.: cum terra discessisset: caelum, opens: scaena ut versis discedat frontibus, open, V.—To go away, depart, leave: petebat ut discedere liceret, Cs.: misere discedere quaerens, H.: ab exercitu, Cs.: a senis latere: e Galliā: ex contione, Cs.: de foro: templo, O.: longius ab agmine discedi, Cs.: de colloquio discessum, L.: in loca occulta, S.: ad urbem, V.: ex castris domum, Cs.: domos suas, N.—Of troops, to march off, march away, decamp: discessit a Brundisio, Cs.: ex hibernis, Cs.: Tarracone, Cs.: ab signis, to leave the standard, Cs.: exercitus ab signis discessit, disbanded, L.: ab armis, to lay down their arms, Cs.: in itinere ab eo, desert, Cs. — From a battle, to get away, come away, come off, be left, remain: se superiores discessisse existimare, Cs.: victor discessit ab hoste, H.: victus, S.: graviter volneratus, S.: ut inanes discederent: aequā manu, S.: aequo Marte, L.: sine detrimento, Cs. —From a trial or struggle, to come off, get off, be left, remain: ut spoliis ex hoc iudicio ornati discedant: se superiorem discessurum: liberatus, N.: si istius haec iniuria inpunita discesserit: pulchre, T.: turpissime: a iudicio capitis maximā gloriā, N.: Discedo Alcaeus puncto illius, he votes me an Alcaeus, H.—Fig., to depart, deviate, swerve from, leave, forsake, give up, abandon: nihil a statu naturae: a fide: a suā sententiā, Cs.: ab amicis in magnā re peccantibus.—To pass away, vanish, cease: audivi quartanam a te discessisse: ex animo illius memoria: hostibus spes potiundi oppidi discessit, Cs.: ubi hae sollicitudines discessere, L.—In the phrase, in sententiam discedere, to adopt a view, pass over to a party, vote for a measure: senatus in Catonis sententiam discessit, S.: senatus in alia omnia discessit: in hanc sententiam ut discederetur, L.: illud SC, quo numquam ante discessum est, Cs.—To leave in thought, depart: cum a vobis discesserim, i. e. except you: ut cum ab illo discesserint, me habeant proximum.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Latindiscēdō
Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Latin cēdō Latin discēdō From dis- + cēdō.