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Italian
Verb
desisto
- first-person singular present indicative of desistere
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From dē- + sistō.
Pronunciation
Verb
dēsistō (present infinitive dēsistere, perfect active dēstitī, supine dēstitum); third conjugation, no passive
- to stand apart
- to cease, desist from (usually coupled with ablative)
- Synonyms: subsistō, sistō, cessō, remittō, dēsinō, conticēscō, quiēscō, trānseō
- Antonyms: coepiō, incohō, incipiō
Conjugation
Descendants
References
- “desisto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “desisto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- desisto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to give up one's opinion: (de) sententia desistere
- to give up a project, an intention: consilio desistere
- to give up one's project: incepto or conatu desistere
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -istu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃtu
- Hyphenation: de‧sis‧to
Verb
desisto
- first-person singular present indicative of desistir
Spanish
Verb
desisto
- first-person singular present indicative of desistir