distineo
Latin
Etymology
From dis- + teneō (“hold; restrain”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /disˈti.ne.oː/, [d̪ɪs̠ˈt̪ɪneoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /disˈti.ne.o/, [d̪isˈt̪iːneo]
Verb
distineō (present infinitive distinēre, perfect active distinuī, supine distentum); second conjugation
- I hold or keep apart; divide, separate, split.
- Synonyms: discindō, scindō, findō, discerpō, carpō, discīdō, incīdō, intercīdō, distrahō
- Antonyms: cōgō, congerō, coniungō, contrahō
- (of the mind) I divide, split, distract, perplex.
- I hold off, keep back, hold up; detain, hinder, prevent.
- I occupy, engage, divert, employ.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of distineō (second conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | distineō | distinēs | distinet | distinēmus | distinētis | distinent |
| imperfect | distinēbam | distinēbās | distinēbat | distinēbāmus | distinēbātis | distinēbant | |
| future | distinēbō | distinēbis | distinēbit | distinēbimus | distinēbitis | distinēbunt | |
| perfect | distinuī | distinuistī | distinuit | distinuimus | distinuistis | distinuērunt, distinuēre | |
| pluperfect | distinueram | distinuerās | distinuerat | distinuerāmus | distinuerātis | distinuerant | |
| future perfect | distinuerō | distinueris | distinuerit | distinuerimus | distinueritis | distinuerint | |
| passive | present | distineor | distinēris, distinēre | distinētur | distinēmur | distinēminī | distinentur |
| imperfect | distinēbar | distinēbāris, distinēbāre | distinēbātur | distinēbāmur | distinēbāminī | distinēbantur | |
| future | distinēbor | distinēberis, distinēbere | distinēbitur | distinēbimur | distinēbiminī | distinēbuntur | |
| perfect | distentus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | distentus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | distentus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | distineam | distineās | distineat | distineāmus | distineātis | distineant |
| imperfect | distinērem | distinērēs | distinēret | distinērēmus | distinērētis | distinērent | |
| perfect | distinuerim | distinuerīs | distinuerit | distinuerīmus | distinuerītis | distinuerint | |
| pluperfect | distinuissem | distinuissēs | distinuisset | distinuissēmus | distinuissētis | distinuissent | |
| passive | present | distinear | distineāris, distineāre | distineātur | distineāmur | distineāminī | distineantur |
| imperfect | distinērer | distinērēris, distinērēre | distinērētur | distinērēmur | distinērēminī | distinērentur | |
| perfect | distentus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | distentus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | distinē | — | — | distinēte | — |
| future | — | distinētō | distinētō | — | distinētōte | distinentō | |
| passive | present | — | distinēre | — | — | distinēminī | — |
| future | — | distinētor | distinētor | — | — | distinentor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | distinēre | distinuisse | distentūrum esse | distinērī | distentum esse | distentum īrī | |
| participles | distinēns | — | distentūrus | — | distentus | distinendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| distinendī | distinendō | distinendum | distinendō | distentum | distentū | ||
Derived terms
- distentus
Related terms
- abstineō
- attineō
- circumteneō
- contineō
- dētineō
- obtineō
- pertineō
- retineō
- sustineō
- teneō
- trānstineō
References
- “distineo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “distineo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- distineo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to feel acute pain: doloribus premi, angi, ardere, cruciari, distineri et divelli
- to feel acute pain: doloribus premi, angi, ardere, cruciari, distineri et divelli
- distineo in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016