verbthird conjugation
rescindō
rescindō (present infinitive rescindere, perfect active rescidī, supine rescissum)
Classical[rɛsˈkɪn.doː]Ecclesiastical[reʃˈʃin.do]
rescindēns pres. act. ptcp.
Meaning
- to cut off, cut or break down or back, cut or tear open or loose
Provinciae toti quam maximum potest militum numerum imperat (erat omnino in Gallia ulteriore legio una), pontem, qui erat ad Genavam, iubet rescindi.
He orders the whole Province [to furnish] as great a number of soldiers as possible, as there was in all only one legion in Further Gaul; he orders the bridge at Geneva to be broken down.c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 1.7 - figurativelyto annul, abolish, abrogate, cancel, revoke, repeal, rescind
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | rescindō | rescindēbam | rescindam | rescidī | rescideram | resciderō |
| 2nd sg. | rescindis | rescindēbās | rescindēs | rescidistī | resciderās | rescideris |
| 3rd sg. | rescindit | rescindēbat | rescindet | rescidit | resciderat | resciderit |
| 1st pl. | rescindimus | rescindēbāmus | rescindēmus | rescidimus | resciderāmus | resciderimus |
| 2nd pl. | rescinditis | rescindēbātis | rescindētis | rescidistis | resciderātis | rescideritis |
| 3rd pl. | rescindunt | rescindēbant | rescindent | rescidērunt rescidēre | resciderant | resciderint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | rescindam | rescinderem | resciderim | rescidissem |
| 2nd sg. | rescindās | rescinderēs | resciderīs | rescidissēs |
| 3rd sg. | rescindat | rescinderet | resciderit | rescidisset |
| 1st pl. | rescindāmus | rescinderēmus | resciderīmus | rescidissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | rescindātis | rescinderētis | resciderītis | rescidissētis |
| 3rd pl. | rescindant | rescinderent | resciderint | rescidissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | rescindor | rescindēbar | rescindar |
| 2nd sg. | rescinderis rescindere | rescindēbāris rescindēbāre | rescindēris rescindēre |
| 3rd sg. | rescinditur | rescindēbātur | rescindētur |
| 1st pl. | rescindimur | rescindēbāmur | rescindēmur |
| 2nd pl. | rescindiminī | rescindēbāminī | rescindēminī |
| 3rd pl. | rescinduntur | rescindēbantur | rescindentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | rescindar | rescinderer |
| 2nd sg. | rescindāris rescindāre | rescinderēris rescinderēre |
| 3rd sg. | rescindātur | rescinderētur |
| 1st pl. | rescindāmur | rescinderēmur |
| 2nd pl. | rescindāminī | rescinderēminī |
| 3rd pl. | rescindantur | rescinderentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | rescinde | rescindere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | rescindite | rescindiminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | rescinditō | rescinditor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | rescinditō | rescinditor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | rescinditōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | rescinduntō | rescinduntor |
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | rescindere | rescindī |
| perfect infinitive | rescidisse | rescissum esse |
| future infinitive | rescissūrum esse | rescissum īrī |
| present participle | rescindēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | rescissus rescissa, rescissā, rescissae, rescissam, rescissārum, rescissās, rescisse, rescissī, rescissīs, rescissō, rescissōrum, rescissōs |
| future participle | rescissūrus rescissūra, rescissūrā, rescissūrae, rescissūram, rescissūrārum, rescissūrās, rescissūre, rescissūrī, rescissūrīs, rescissūrō, rescissūrōrum, rescissūrōs, rescissūrum | rescindendus rescindundus, rescindenda, rescindendā, rescindendae, rescindendam, rescindendārum, rescindendās, rescindende, rescindendīs, rescindendōrum, rescindendōs |
gerundrescindendī, rescindendō, rescindendumsupinerescissum, rescissū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- iudicium rescindere
- to rescind a decision.
- testamentum rescindere
- to declare a will to be null and void.
- acta rescindere, dissolvere (Phil. 13. 3. 5)
- to declare a magistrate's decisions null and void.
- res iudicatas rescindere (Cic. Sull. 22. 63)
- to rescind a decision.
- pontem dissolvere, rescindere, interscindere (B. G. 2. 9. 4)
- to break down a bridge.
rē-scindo, scĭdi, scissum, 3, v. a.,
I. to cut off, cut loose, cut or break down; to cut or tear open (freq. and class.).
I. Lit.:
pontem, i. e. to break down, Caes. B. G. 1, 7; 4, 19 fin.; 6, 29; 7, 35; 7, 58 fin.; Nep. Milt. 3, 4; Liv. 2, 10; Flor. 3, 10, 3: vallum ac loricam falcibus, Caes. B. G. 7, 86 fin.: pluteos, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 95, 22: cameras tectorum, Front. Strat. 3, 4, 6: tecta domusque in usum novae classis, Flor. 2, 15, 10: caelum, Verg. G. 1, 280; id. A. 6, 583: tenuem vestem e membris, Tib. 1, 10, 61: vestes, Claud. B. Gild. 136: decreta, Suet. Calig. 3: ense teli latebram penitus, to cut open, Verg. A. 12, 390: vulnera, Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 63; Flor. 3, 23, 4; Plin. Ep. 7, 19, 9: pectora ferro, Stat. Th. 11, 507: rescisso palato, Luc. 4, 328: plagam, Flor. 4, 2, 72: venam, to open, Col. 6, 30, 5; 7, 10, 2; and poet.: obductos annis luctus, Ov. M. 12, 543: an male sarta Gratia nequidquam coit et rescinditur? Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 32; imitated by Petronius: ne inter initia coëuntis gratiae recentem cicatricem rescinderet, Petr. 113, 8.—B. Meton., to open:
vias, Lucr. 2,406: locum praesidiis firmatum atque omni ratione obvallatum, Cic. Agr. 2, 1, 3: ferro summum Ulceris os, Verg. G. 3, 453; Col. 7, 5, 10; cf.: latentia vitia (corresp. to aperire), Quint. 9, 2, 93.—II. Trop., to annul, abolish, abrogate, repeal, rescind a law, decree, agreement, etc.:
mihi non videtur, quod sit factum legibus, Rescindi posse, Ter. Phorm. 2, 4, 16: acta M. Antonii rescidistis, leges refixistis, Cic. Phil. 13, 3, 5; so, acta, id. ib. 2, 42, 109; 13, 3, 5; Liv. 26, 31; Suet. Caes. 82; id. Claud. 11; Flor. 3, 23, 2: acta deūm, Ov. M. 14, 784: jussa Jovis, id. ib. 2, 678: constitutiones senatūs, Suet. Tib. 33: concilia habita, Cic. Leg. 2, 12, 31: totam triennii praeturam, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 57, § 140: rescindere et irritas facere omnes istius injurias, id. ib. 2, 2, 26, § 63: res judicatas, id. Sull. 22, 63; cf. judicium, id. Planc. 4, 10: judicia, Suet. Claud. 29: ambitiosas Centumvir. sententias, id. Dom. 8: pactiones, Cic. Prov. Cons. 5, 10: testamenta mortuorum, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 43, § 111; Quint. 5, 2, 1; Suet. Calig. 38: foedus turpe, Vell. 2, 90, 3.— Poet.: aevi leges validas, Lucr. 5, 58: beneficium suum insequenti injuriā, Sen. Ben. 3, 13: verbum Dei, Vulg. Marc. 7, 13.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
re-scindō scidī, scissus, ere,
to cut off, cut loose, cut down, tear open: pontem, i. e. break down, Cs.: Ense teli latebram penitus, to cut open, V.: obductos annis luctūs, O.: an male sarta Gratia <*>uiquam coit et rescinditur? H.—To open: locum praesidiis firmatum: ferro summum Ulceris os, V.—Fig., to tear open, renew, expose: crimina, O.—To annul, abolish, abrogate, repeal, rescind: quod sit factum legibus, T.: Iussa Iovis, O.: ordinum gesta: totam trienni praeturam: res iudicatas: testamenta.
Origins
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinrescindō
Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey- Proto-Indo-European *skeyd- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *skinédti Proto-Italic *skindō Latin scindō Latin rescindō From re- (“back”) + scindō (“cut, tear asunder; separate”).
Descendants
- Catalanrescindir
- Englishrescind
- Frenchrescinder
- Italianrescindere
- Portugueserescindir
- Spanishrescindir
In English words that came into English from rescindō
- rescindrescindō
- rescissionrescissio