LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

dissuō

dissuō (present infinitive dissuere, perfect active dissuī, supine dissūtum)
Classical[ˈdɪs.su.oː]Ecclesiastical[ˈdis.su.o]

Meaning

  1. to unstitch
  2. to rip open

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.dissuōdissuēbamdissuamdissuīdissueramdissuerō
2nd sg.dissuisdissuēbāsdissuēsdissuistīdissuerāsdissueris
3rd sg.dissuitdissuēbatdissuetdissuitdissueratdissuerit
1st pl.dissuimusdissuēbāmusdissuēmusdissuimusdissuerāmusdissuerimus
2nd pl.dissuitisdissuēbātisdissuētisdissuistisdissuerātisdissueritis
3rd pl.dissuuntdissuēbantdissuentdissuērunt
dissuēre
dissuerantdissuerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.dissuamdissueremdissuerimdissuissem
2nd sg.dissuāsdissuerēsdissuerīsdissuissēs
3rd sg.dissuatdissueretdissueritdissuisset
1st pl.dissuāmusdissuerēmusdissuerīmusdissuissēmus
2nd pl.dissuātisdissuerētisdissuerītisdissuissētis
3rd pl.dissuantdissuerentdissuerintdissuissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.dissuordissuēbardissuar
2nd sg.dissueris
dissuere
dissuēbāris
dissuēbāre
dissuēris
dissuēre
3rd sg.dissuiturdissuēbāturdissuētur
1st pl.dissuimurdissuēbāmurdissuēmur
2nd pl.dissuiminīdissuēbāminīdissuēminī
3rd pl.dissuunturdissuēbanturdissuentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.dissuardissuerer
2nd sg.dissuāris
dissuāre
dissuerēris
dissuerēre
3rd sg.dissuāturdissuerētur
1st pl.dissuāmurdissuerēmur
2nd pl.dissuāminīdissuerēminī
3rd pl.dissuanturdissuerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.dissuedissuere
pres. 2nd pl.dissuitedissuiminī
fut. 2nd sg.dissuitōdissuitor
fut. 3rd sg.dissuitōdissuitor
fut. 2nd pl.dissuitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.dissuuntōdissuuntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivedissueredissuī
perfect infinitivedissuissedissūtum esse
future infinitivedissūtūrum essedissūtum īrī
present participledissuēns—
perfect participle—dissūtus
dissūta, dissūtā, dissūtae, dissūtam, dissūtārum, dissūtās, dissūte, dissūtī, dissūtīs, dissūtō, dissūtōrum, dissūtōs
future participledissūtūrus
dissūtūra, dissūtūrā, dissūtūrae, dissūtūram, dissūtūrārum, dissūtūrās, dissūtūre, dissūtūrī, dissūtūrīs, dissūtūrō, dissūtūrōrum, dissūtūrōs, dissūtūrum
dissuendus
dissuenda, dissuendā, dissuendae, dissuendam, dissuendārum, dissuendās, dissuende, dissuendīs, dissuendōrum, dissuendōs
gerunddissuendī, dissuendō, dissuendumsupinedissūtum, dissūtū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

amicitiam dissuere, dissolvere, praecīdere
to renounce, give up a friendship.

dis-sŭo, no
I. perf., ūtum, 3, v. a.—Lit., to unstitich, to rip open; hence, in gen., to open, to dissolve by degrees (a rare word).
I. Lit.: sinum, Ov. F. 1, 408: malas, to open the mouth wide, Pers. 3, 59: habebit vestimenta dissuta, caput nudum, Vulg. Levit. 13, 45.—
II. Trop.: amicitiae dissuendae magis quam discindendae, Cic. Lael. 21, 76; so, sensim amicitias (opp. repente praecidere), id. Off. 1, 33, 120.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *syewH- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *syuHyéti? Proto-Italic *sūō Latin suō Latin dissuō From dis- + suō.

Quick answers

What does dissuō mean in Latin?
dissuō, a verb, means “to unstitch; to rip open”.
What are the principal parts of dissuō?
dissuō, dissuere, dissuī, dissūtum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce dissuō?
In classical Latin, [ˈdɪs.su.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈdis.su.o].