destitutus

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Latin

Etymology

From the participle of dēstituō (I set in place; I abandon).

Pronunciation

Adjective

dēstitūtus (feminine dēstitūta, neuter dēstitūtum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. destitute
  2. disappointed
  3. childless
  4. abandoned, left alone, forsaken

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

References

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