LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

dispescō

dispescō (present infinitive dispescere, perfect active dispescuī, supine dispestum)
Classical[dɪsˈpɛs.koː]Ecclesiastical[disˈpɛs.ko]

Meaning

  1. rareto separate, divide

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.dispescōdispescēbamdispescamdispescuīdispescueramdispescuerō
2nd sg.dispescisdispescēbāsdispescēsdispescuistīdispescuerāsdispescueris
3rd sg.dispescitdispescēbatdispescetdispescuitdispescueratdispescuerit
1st pl.dispescimusdispescēbāmusdispescēmusdispescuimusdispescuerāmusdispescuerimus
2nd pl.dispescitisdispescēbātisdispescētisdispescuistisdispescuerātisdispescueritis
3rd pl.dispescuntdispescēbantdispescentdispescuērunt
dispescuēre
dispescuerantdispescuerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.dispescamdispesceremdispescuerimdispescuissem
2nd sg.dispescāsdispescerēsdispescuerīsdispescuissēs
3rd sg.dispescatdispesceretdispescueritdispescuisset
1st pl.dispescāmusdispescerēmusdispescuerīmusdispescuissēmus
2nd pl.dispescātisdispescerētisdispescuerītisdispescuissētis
3rd pl.dispescantdispescerentdispescuerintdispescuissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.dispescordispescēbardispescar
2nd sg.dispesceris
dispescere
dispescēbāris
dispescēbāre
dispescēris
dispescēre
3rd sg.dispesciturdispescēbāturdispescētur
1st pl.dispescimurdispescēbāmurdispescēmur
2nd pl.dispesciminīdispescēbāminīdispescēminī
3rd pl.dispescunturdispescēbanturdispescentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.dispescardispescerer
2nd sg.dispescāris
dispescāre
dispescerēris
dispescerēre
3rd sg.dispescāturdispescerētur
1st pl.dispescāmurdispescerēmur
2nd pl.dispescāminīdispescerēminī
3rd pl.dispescanturdispescerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.dispescedispescere
pres. 2nd pl.dispescitedispesciminī
fut. 2nd sg.dispescitōdispescitor
fut. 3rd sg.dispescitōdispescitor
fut. 2nd pl.dispescitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.dispescuntōdispescuntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivedispesceredispescī
perfect infinitivedispescuissedispestum esse
future infinitivedispestūrum essedispestum īrī
present participledispescēns—
perfect participle—dispestus
future participledispestūrusdispescendus
dispescundus
gerunddispescendī, dispescendō, dispescendumsupinedispestum, dispestū

dis-pesco (pescui, acc. to Prisc. p. 885 P.), pestum, 3, v. a. commonly referred to pasco; lit., to take from the pasture (pecus a pastione deducere, Paul. ex Fest. p. 72, 11), but more probably from root pac-, παγ- of Gr. πήγνυμι, to fasten; Lat.: pango, paciscor, etc.; cf. Georg Curtius Gr. Etym. 268, like disjungere, in gen.,
I. to separate, divide (post-Aug. and very rare); Oceanus Africam Europam Asiamque dispescit, Plin. 2, 68, 68, § 173; cf.: Nilus Africam ab Aethiopia dispescens, id. 5, 9, 10, § 53: Samon a Mileto, App. Flor. 15, p. 350; id. de Deo Socr. p. 44.—*
II. Trop.: dispestae disturbataeque nuptiae, App. M. 4, p. 154, 33.

Origins

Disputed. According to De Vaan, from dis- + *park-skō, itself from the root of parcō + -scō. The LIV, however suggests that the term may reflect Proto-Indo-European *pr̥ksḱéti, itself from a putative root *perk-, which—according to the LIV—would also be the source of Latin parcō and Oscan comparascuster. De Vaan objects to this theory on semantic and formal grounds.

Quick answers

What does dispescō mean in Latin?
dispescō, a verb, means “to separate, divide”.
What are the principal parts of dispescō?
dispescō, dispescere, dispescuī, dispestum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce dispescō?
In classical Latin, [dɪsˈpɛs.koː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [disˈpɛs.ko].