desitus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of dēsinō.

Participle

dēsitus (feminine dēsita, neuter dēsitum); first/second-declension participle

  1. desisted

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

References

  • desitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • desitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • desitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.