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Latin
Etymology
From dē- + statuō.
Pronunciation
Verb
dēstituō (present infinitive dēstituere, perfect active dēstituī, supine dēstitūtum); third conjugation
- to fix or set in position; to place
- Synonyms: pono, collocō, statuo, sisto, figo, constituo
- to leave alone, forsake, abandon or desert
- Synonyms: dēserō, relinquō, omittō, dēdō, concēdō, dēficiō, oblīvīscor, cēdō, linquō, dēsinō, dissimulō, trādō, addīcō, dīmittō, praetereō, neglegō, pōnō, reddō, remittō, permittō, tribuō
8 CE,
Ovid,
Fasti 1.363–364:
- flēbat Aristaeus, quod apēs cum stirpe necātās
vīderat inceptōs dēstituisse favōs.- Aristaeus was weeping, because he had seen that his bees, destroyed together with their offspring, had abandoned the unfinished honeycombs.
- to delude, deceive, cheat
- Synonyms: dēcipiō, mentior, frūstror, ēlūdō, fallō, fraudō, circumdūcō, circumveniō, indūcō, ingannō
Conjugation
Descendants
References
- “destituo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- destituo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
- “destituo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- destituo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Verb
destituo
- first-person singular present indicative of destituir