desipio
Latin
Etymology
From dē- + sapiō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /deːˈsi.pi.oː/, [d̪eːˈs̠ɪpioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈsi.pi.o/, [d̪eˈs̬iːpio]
Verb
dēsipiō (present infinitive dēsipere, perfect active dēsipuī); third conjugation iō-variant, no passive, no supine stem
- I am foolish (or act foolishly), fool around, clown around
- Dulce est desipere in loco.(Horatius)
- It's pleasant to act silly now and then
Conjugation
| Conjugation of dēsipiō (third conjugation iō-variant, no supine stem, active only) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | dēsipiō | dēsipis | dēsipit | dēsipimus | dēsipitis | dēsipiunt |
| imperfect | dēsipiēbam | dēsipiēbās | dēsipiēbat | dēsipiēbāmus | dēsipiēbātis | dēsipiēbant | |
| future | dēsipiam | dēsipiēs | dēsipiet | dēsipiēmus | dēsipiētis | dēsipient | |
| perfect | dēsipuī | dēsipuistī | dēsipuit | dēsipuimus | dēsipuistis | dēsipuērunt, dēsipuēre | |
| pluperfect | dēsipueram | dēsipuerās | dēsipuerat | dēsipuerāmus | dēsipuerātis | dēsipuerant | |
| future perfect | dēsipuerō | dēsipueris | dēsipuerit | dēsipuerimus | dēsipueritis | dēsipuerint | |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | dēsipiam | dēsipiās | dēsipiat | dēsipiāmus | dēsipiātis | dēsipiant |
| imperfect | dēsiperem | dēsiperēs | dēsiperet | dēsiperēmus | dēsiperētis | dēsiperent | |
| perfect | dēsipuerim | dēsipuerīs | dēsipuerit | dēsipuerīmus | dēsipuerītis | dēsipuerint | |
| pluperfect | dēsipuissem | dēsipuissēs | dēsipuisset | dēsipuissēmus | dēsipuissētis | dēsipuissent | |
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | dēsipe | — | — | dēsipite | — |
| future | — | dēsipitō | dēsipitō | — | dēsipitōte | dēsipiuntō | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | dēsipere | dēsipuisse | — | — | — | — | |
| participles | dēsipiēns | — | — | — | — | — | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| dēsipiendī | dēsipiendō | dēsipiendum | dēsipiendō | — | — | ||
References
- “desipio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “desipio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- desipio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to almost lose one's reason from excess of joy: nimio gaudio paene desipere
- to almost lose one's reason from excess of joy: nimio gaudio paene desipere
- desipio in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016