desipio

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Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ sapiō.

Pronunciation

Verb

dēsipiō (present infinitive dēsipere, perfect active dēsipuī); third conjugation iō-variant, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to be foolish (or act foolishly), fool around, clown around
    Dulce est desipere in loco.
    It's pleasant to act silly now and then
    (Horatius)

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
  • desipio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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