descisco

Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ scīscō (“seek to know; learn; approve”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deːsˈkiːs.koː/, [d̪eːs̠ˈkiːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deʃˈʃis.ko/, [d̪eʃˈʃisko]

Verb

dēscīscō (present infinitive dēscīscere, perfect active dēscīvī or dēsciī, supine dēscītum); third conjugation, no passive

1. to free oneself, withdraw, leave, defect, desert, revolt from
2. (by extension) to desert to, go over to

   Synonyms: trānsfugiō, trānseō, trānsmittō, trānsgredior

3. (in general) to depart, deviate, withdraw from someone or something; fall off from; to be unfaithful to

   Synonym: discēdō

Conjugation

Conjugation of dēscīscō (third conjugation, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēscīscō	dēscīscis	dēscīscit	dēscīscimus	dēscīscitis	dēscīscunt
	imperfect	dēscīscēbam	dēscīscēbās	dēscīscēbat	dēscīscēbāmus	dēscīscēbātis	dēscīscēbant
	future	dēscīscam	dēscīscēs	dēscīscet	dēscīscēmus	dēscīscētis	dēscīscent
	perfect	dēscīvī, dēsciī	dēscīvistī, dēsciistī	dēscīvit, dēsciit	dēscīvimus, dēsciimus	dēscīvistis, dēsciistis	dēscīvērunt, dēscīvēre, dēsciērunt, dēsciēre
	pluperfect	dēscīveram, dēscieram	dēscīverās, dēscierās	dēscīverat, dēscierat	dēscīverāmus, dēscierāmus	dēscīverātis, dēscierātis	dēscīverant, dēscierant
	future perfect	dēscīverō, dēscierō	dēscīveris, dēscieris	dēscīverit, dēscierit	dēscīverimus, dēscierimus	dēscīveritis, dēscieritis	dēscīverint, dēscierint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēscīscam	dēscīscās	dēscīscat	dēscīscāmus	dēscīscātis	dēscīscant
	imperfect	dēscīscerem	dēscīscerēs	dēscīsceret	dēscīscerēmus	dēscīscerētis	dēscīscerent
	perfect	dēscīverim, dēscierim	dēscīverīs, dēscierīs	dēscīverit, dēscierit	dēscīverīmus, dēscierīmus	dēscīverītis, dēscierītis	dēscīverint, dēscierint
	pluperfect	dēscīvissem, dēsciissem	dēscīvissēs, dēsciissēs	dēscīvisset, dēsciisset	dēscīvissēmus, dēsciissēmus	dēscīvissētis, dēsciissētis	dēscīvissent, dēsciissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dēscīsce	—	—	dēscīscite	—
	future	—	dēscīscitō	dēscīscitō	—	dēscīscitōte	dēscīscuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dēscīscere	dēscīvisse, dēsciisse	dēscītūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		dēscīscēns	—	dēscītūrus	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dēscīscendī	dēscīscendō	dēscīscendum	dēscīscendō	dēscītum	dēscītū

Related terms

• ascīscō
• cōnscīscō
• perscīscō
• rescīscō
• scīscō

References

• “descisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “descisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• descisco in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• descisco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to swerve from the truth: a veritate deflectere, desciscere
    
  • to deteriorate: a maiorum virtute desciscere, degenerare, deflectere