From dē- + scīscō (“seek to know; learn; approve”).
dēscīscō (present infinitive dēscīscere, perfect active dēscīvī or dēsciī, supine dēscītum); third conjugation, no passive
- to free oneself, withdraw, leave, defect, desert, revolt from
- (by extension) to desert to, go over to
- Synonyms: trānsfugiō, trānseō, trānsmittō, trānsgredior
- (in general) to depart, deviate, withdraw from someone or something; fall off from; to be unfaithful to
- Synonym: discēdō
| Conjugation of dēscīscō (third conjugation, active only)
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| indicative
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singular
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plural
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| first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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| active
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present
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dēscīscō
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dēscīscis
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dēscīscit
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dēscīscimus
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dēscīscitis
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dēscīscunt
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| imperfect
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dēscīscēbam
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dēscīscēbās
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dēscīscēbat
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dēscīscēbāmus
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dēscīscēbātis
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dēscīscēbant
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| future
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dēscīscam
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dēscīscēs
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dēscīscet
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dēscīscēmus
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dēscīscētis
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dēscīscent
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| perfect
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dēscīvī,
dēsciī
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dēscīvistī,
dēsciistī
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dēscīvit,
dēsciit
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dēscīvimus,
dēsciimus
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dēscīvistis,
dēsciistis
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dēscīvērunt,
dēscīvēre,
dēsciērunt,
dēsciēre
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| pluperfect
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dēscīveram,
dēscieram
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dēscīverās,
dēscierās
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dēscīverat,
dēscierat
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dēscīverāmus,
dēscierāmus
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dēscīverātis,
dēscierātis
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dēscīverant,
dēscierant
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| future perfect
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dēscīverō,
dēscierō
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dēscīveris,
dēscieris
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dēscīverit,
dēscierit
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dēscīverimus,
dēscierimus
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dēscīveritis,
dēscieritis
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dēscīverint,
dēscierint
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| subjunctive
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singular
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plural
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| first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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| active
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present
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dēscīscam
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dēscīscās
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dēscīscat
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dēscīscāmus
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dēscīscātis
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dēscīscant
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| imperfect
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dēscīscerem
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dēscīscerēs
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dēscīsceret
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dēscīscerēmus
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dēscīscerētis
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dēscīscerent
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| perfect
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dēscīverim,
dēscierim
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dēscīverīs,
dēscierīs
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dēscīverit,
dēscierit
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dēscīverīmus,
dēscierīmus
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dēscīverītis,
dēscierītis
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dēscīverint,
dēscierint
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| pluperfect
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dēscīvissem,
dēsciissem
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dēscīvissēs,
dēsciissēs
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dēscīvisset,
dēsciisset
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dēscīvissēmus,
dēsciissēmus
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dēscīvissētis,
dēsciissētis
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dēscīvissent,
dēsciissent
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| imperative
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singular
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plural
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| first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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| active
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present
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—
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dēscīsce
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—
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—
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dēscīscite
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—
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| future
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—
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dēscīscitō
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dēscīscitō
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—
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dēscīscitōte
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dēscīscuntō
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| non-finite forms
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active
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passive
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| present
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perfect
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future
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present
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perfect
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future
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| infinitives
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dēscīscere
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dēscīvisse,
dēsciisse
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dēscītūrum esse
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—
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—
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—
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| participles
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dēscīscēns
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—
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dēscītūrus
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—
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—
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—
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| verbal nouns
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gerund
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supine
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| genitive
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dative
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accusative
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ablative
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accusative
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ablative
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| dēscīscendī
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dēscīscendō
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dēscīscendum
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dēscīscendō
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dēscītum
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dēscītū
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- “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