verbsecond conjugation
distineō
distineō (present infinitive distinēre, perfect active distinuī, supine distentum)
Classical[dɪsˈtɪ.ne.oː]Ecclesiastical[disˈtiː.ne.o]
Meaning
- to hold or keep apart; divide, separate, split
Ipse Diviciacum Haeduum magnopere cohortatus docet quanto opere rei publicae communisque salutis intersit manus hostium distineri, ne cum tanta multitudine uno tempore confligendum sit.
He, addressing himself to Diviciacus, the Aeduan, with great earnestness, points out how much it concerns the republic and their common security, that the forces of the enemy should be divided, so that it might not be necessary to engage with so large a number at one time.c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 2.5 - to divide, split, distract, perplex
- to hold off, keep back, hold up; detain, hinder, prevent
- to occupy, engage, divert, employ
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
keep apart
distineō -ēre — in De Bello Gallico III
Conjugation conjugation 2
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | distineō | distinēbam | distinēbō | distinuī | distinueram | distinuerō |
| 2nd sg. | distinēs | distinēbās | distinēbis | distinuistī | distinuerās | distinueris |
| 3rd sg. | distinet | distinēbat | distinēbit | distinuit | distinuerat | distinuerit |
| 1st pl. | distinēmus | distinēbāmus | distinēbimus | distinuimus | distinuerāmus | distinuerimus |
| 2nd pl. | distinētis | distinēbātis | distinēbitis | distinuistis | distinuerātis | distinueritis |
| 3rd pl. | distinent | distinēbant | distinēbunt | distinuērunt distinuēre | distinuerant | distinuerint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | distineam | distinērem | distinuerim | distinuissem |
| 2nd sg. | distineās | distinērēs | distinuerīs | distinuissēs |
| 3rd sg. | distineat | distinēret | distinuerit | distinuisset |
| 1st pl. | distineāmus | distinērēmus | distinuerīmus | distinuissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | distineātis | distinērētis | distinuerītis | distinuissētis |
| 3rd pl. | distineant | distinērent | distinuerint | distinuissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | distineor | distinēbar | distinēbor |
| 2nd sg. | distinēris distinēre | distinēbāris distinēbāre | distinēberis distinēbere |
| 3rd sg. | distinētur | distinēbātur | distinēbitur |
| 1st pl. | distinēmur | distinēbāmur | distinēbimur |
| 2nd pl. | distinēminī | distinēbāminī | distinēbiminī |
| 3rd pl. | distinentur | distinēbantur | distinēbuntur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | distinear | distinērer |
| 2nd sg. | distineāris distineāre | distinērēris distinērēre |
| 3rd sg. | distineātur | distinērētur |
| 1st pl. | distineāmur | distinērēmur |
| 2nd pl. | distineāminī | distinērēminī |
| 3rd pl. | distineantur | distinērentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | distinē | distinēre |
| pres. 2nd pl. | distinēte | distinēminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | distinētō | distinētor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | distinētō | distinētor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | distinētōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | distinentō | distinentor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | distinēre | distinērī |
| perfect infinitive | distinuisse | distentum esse |
| future infinitive | distentūrum esse | distentum īrī |
| present participle | distinēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | distentus distenta, distentā, distentae, distentam, distentārum, distentās, distente, distentī, distentīs, distentō, distentōrum, distentōs |
| future participle | distentūrus distentūra, distentūrā, distentūrae, distentūram, distentūrārum, distentūrās, distentūre, distentūrī, distentūrīs, distentūrō, distentūrōrum, distentūrōs, distentūrum | distinendus |
gerunddistinendī, distinendō, distinendumsupinedistentum, distentū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- doloribus premi, angi, ardere, cruciari, distineri et divelli
- to feel acute pain.
dis-tĭnĕo, tĭnŭi, tentum, 2, v. a. teneo.
I. To keep asunder, to separate, divide.
A. Lit.:
tigna binis utrimque fibulis ab extrema parte distinebantur, Caes. B. G. 4, 17, 7; Vitr. 3, 3: mare, quod late terrarum distinet oras, Lucr. 5, 203; 5, 690: duo freta Isthmos, Ov. H. 8, 69 Heins.; cf. id. ib. 12, 104; Luc. 4, 675: quem Notus spatio longius annuo Dulci distinet a domo, Hor. C. 4, 5, 12.—B. Trop., to divide mentally; to distract, perplex:
distineor et divellor dolore, Cic. Planc. 33, 79: duae factiones senatum distinebant, Liv. 9, 16, 6; cf. id. 5, 20, 4; Tac. H. 1, 32: unanimos, Liv. 7, 21: ancipiti bello distinere regem, id. 44, 20. —Esp. freq., II. In gen., to hold off, keep back, keep asunder, hinder, detain, prevent; to occupy, engage, employ, divert:
legiones a praesidio interclusas maximum flumen distinebat, Caes. B. G. 7, 59, 5: manus hostium, id. ib. 2, 5, 2: manum, id. ib. 3, 11, 4; id. B. C. 3, 52, 1: copias Caesaris, id. ib. 3, 44, 2: Volscos, Liv. 4, 59: Parthos Hyrcano bello, Tac. A. 14, 25: Britannicum militem hoste et mari, id. H. 2, 32 et saep.: in multitudine judiciorum et novis legibus distineri, Cic. Fam. 7, 2 fin.; cf. id. ib. 12, 30, 2; id. Att. 2, 23: distineri litibus, Nep. Att. 9, 4: ad omnia tuenda multifariam distineri, Liv. 21, 8: quominus strueret crimina distineri, Tac. A. 11, 12.—B. Transf., of inanimate objects:
pacem, to hinder, prevent, Cic. Phil. 12, 12, 28; Liv. 2, 15 fin.: victoriam, Caes. B. G. 7, 37, 3: rem, Liv. 37, 12.—Hence, distentus, a, um, P. a., engaged, busied, occupied: tot tantisque negotiis, Cic. Rosc. Am. 8, 22; id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 3; Plin. Ep. 6, 18, 1 al.: te distentissimum esse qua de Buthrotiis, qua de Bruto, Cic. Att. 15, 18: circa summa scelera, Tac. A. 16, 8 fin.—Of abstract subjects: mens divina, Cic. N. D. 3, 39 fin.: tempus distentum impeditumque maximis officiis, Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 7.—Comp. and adv. seem not to occur.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
distineō tinuī, tentus, ēre
dis + teneo, to keep asunder, separate, part, hold back : tigna binis utrimque fibulis distinebantur, Cs.: duo freta Isthmos, O.: alqm a domo, H.: hostem Agger, V.— To keep back, hinder, detain, occupy, engage, employ, divert : manūs hostium, Cs.: copias Caesaris, kept from uniting , Cs.: Volscos, L.: in multitudine iudiciorum distineri: distineri litibus, N.: ad omnia tuenda multifariam distineri, L.— To hinder, delay, put off, prevent : pacem: victoriam, Cs.: rem distinebat, quod, etc., L.—Fig., to distract, perplex : distineor dolore: factiones senatum distinebant, L.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Latindistineō
Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *tn̥eh₁yéti Proto-Italic *tenēō Latin teneō Latin distineō From dis- + teneō (“hold; restrain”).