desistite
Dictionary entries
- 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;
pl. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
Liber III
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI III DE BELLO CIVILI
"...litteris acceptis consilium Scipio iterque commutat; Cassium sequi desistit, Favonio auxilium ferre contendit. Itaque die ac nocte continuato..."Liber XXXIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...tempore Philippus foret mox grauius eum rebellaturum, 'desistite tumultuari' inquit 'ubi consultandum est: non iis condicionibus inligabitur..."