dissipo

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See also: dissipò

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Verb

dissipo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of dissipar

Italian

Verb

dissipo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of dissipare

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Latin

Etymology

From dis- +‎ supō.

Pronunciation

Verb

dissipō (present infinitive dissipāre, perfect active dissipāvī, supine dissipātum); first conjugation

  1. to scatter, disperse. spread abroad
    Synonyms: fundō, effundō, confundō, diffundō, dēfundō, differō, indūcō, sternō
  2. to dissipate or squander
    Synonyms: abūtor, conterō, cōnsūmō, perdō, effundō
  3. to demolish, overthrow, destroy, ruin
    Synonyms: impellō, subvertō, pervertō, ēvertō, versō, vertō, afflīgō, sternō, prōsternō, fundō
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.29.8:
      hominēs pestilentēs dissipant cīvitātem sapientēs āvertunt furōrem
      Corrupt men bring a city to ruin: but wise men turn away wrath. (trans. Douay-Rheims Bible)

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References

  • dissipo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • dissipo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • dissipo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to spread a rumour: famam dissipare
    • to squander all one's property: dissipare rem familiarem (suam)

Portuguese

Verb

dissipo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of dissipar