desisti
Dictionary entries
- 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. perf. act. ind. 2nd - Entry →desisto, desistere, destiti, destitus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
stop/cease/desist (from); give up, leave/stand off; dissociate oneself;
pres. pass. infin. - —
Syncopated perfect often drops the 'v' and contracts vowel
Examples
Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...inscitusque sit, quique eos vituperet. nunc istis rebus desisti decet. nunc volo opsonare, ut, hospes..."Satura VIII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...dicet mihi 'fecimus et nos haec iuuenes.' esto, desisti nempe nec ultra fouisti errorem. breue sit quod turpiter..."Liber VIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...puto, sacra dei. Dum donas, Macer, anulos puellis, desisti, Macer, anulos habere. Archetypis uetuli nihil est odiosius Eucti..."In Catilinam I
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...adsequeris [, nihil moliris] neque tamen conari ac velle desistis. [16] Quotiens tibi iam extorta est ista sica..."
