desino
Dictionary entries
- Entry →desino, desinare, desavi, desatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
stop/end/finish, abandon/leave/break off, desist/cease; come to/at end/close;
sg. pres. act. ind. 1st - Entry →desino, desinere, desivi, desitus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
stop/end/finish, abandon/leave/break off, desist/cease; come to/at end/close;
sg. pres. act. ind. 1st
Examples
Adelphoe
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...dedi? aegrest; alienus non sum; si obsto .. em desino. unum uis curem? curo. et est dis gratia, quom..."XVII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...hauriam; bibam. exclama: 'temerari, quid facis? iam desino irasci, iam revertor in gratiam!' properabo, ut hoc secum aures..."XIV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...amorem ferre non possum. non desino, sed esse aliud incipio, nec emendor in amore, sed transferor. illa vero..."Amores I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...subiecta fovebis? iniciet collo, cum volet, ille manum? desino mirari, posito quod candida vino Atracis ambiguos traxit..."Liber III
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...clarissima assensio, quae solet decreta praecurrere. Tum ego 'Desino' inquam, 'patres conscripti, putare me iustas excusationis causas attulisse..."