desipio

Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ sapiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːˈsi.pi.oː/, [d̪eːˈs̠ɪpioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈsi.pi.o/, [d̪eˈs̬iːpio]

Verb

dēsipiō (present infinitive dēsipere, perfect active dēsipuī); third conjugation iō-variant, no passive, no supine stem

1. to be foolish (or act foolishly), fool around, clown around

   Dulce est desipere in loco.

   It's pleasant to act silly now and then

   (Horatius)

Conjugation

Conjugation of dēsipiō (third conjugation iō-variant, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēsipiō	dēsipis	dēsipit	dēsipimus	dēsipitis	dēsipiunt
	imperfect	dēsipiēbam	dēsipiēbās	dēsipiēbat	dēsipiēbāmus	dēsipiēbātis	dēsipiēbant
	future	dēsipiam	dēsipiēs	dēsipiet	dēsipiēmus	dēsipiētis	dēsipient
	perfect	dēsipuī	dēsipuistī	dēsipuit	dēsipuimus	dēsipuistis	dēsipuērunt, dēsipuēre
	pluperfect	dēsipueram	dēsipuerās	dēsipuerat	dēsipuerāmus	dēsipuerātis	dēsipuerant
	future perfect	dēsipuerō	dēsipueris	dēsipuerit	dēsipuerimus	dēsipueritis	dēsipuerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēsipiam	dēsipiās	dēsipiat	dēsipiāmus	dēsipiātis	dēsipiant
	imperfect	dēsiperem	dēsiperēs	dēsiperet	dēsiperēmus	dēsiperētis	dēsiperent
	perfect	dēsipuerim	dēsipuerīs	dēsipuerit	dēsipuerīmus	dēsipuerītis	dēsipuerint
	pluperfect	dēsipuissem	dēsipuissēs	dēsipuisset	dēsipuissēmus	dēsipuissētis	dēsipuissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dēsipe	—	—	dēsipite	—
	future	—	dēsipitō	dēsipitō	—	dēsipitōte	dēsipiuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dēsipere	dēsipuisse	—	—	—	—
participles		dēsipiēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dēsipiendī	dēsipiendō	dēsipiendum	dēsipiendō	—	—

References

• “desipio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “desipio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• desipio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to almost lose one's reason from excess of joy: nimio gaudio paene desipere
    
• desipio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016