discerno

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diʃˈʃɛr.no/
• Rhymes: -ɛrno
• Hyphenation: di‧scèr‧no

Verb

discerno

1. first-person singular present indicative of discernere

Anagrams

• nodrisce, rescindo, riscendo, scinderò

Latin

Etymology

From dis- (“asunder, in pieces, apart, in two”) +‎ cernō (“see, discern”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /disˈker.noː/, [d̪ɪs̠ˈkɛrnoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /diʃˈʃer.no/, [d̪iʃˈʃɛrno]

Verb

discernō (present infinitive discernere, perfect active discrēvī, supine discrētum); third conjugation

1. to separate, set apart, divide, part
2. (figurative, based upon a thing's qualities) to distinguish between, discern
3. (figuratively) to determine, settle
4. (figuratively) to except, omit

Conjugation

Conjugation of discernō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	discernō	discernis	discernit	discernimus	discernitis	discernunt
	imperfect	discernēbam	discernēbās	discernēbat	discernēbāmus	discernēbātis	discernēbant
	future	discernam	discernēs	discernet	discernēmus	discernētis	discernent
	perfect	discrēvī	discrēvistī	discrēvit	discrēvimus	discrēvistis	discrēvērunt, discrēvēre
	pluperfect	discrēveram	discrēverās	discrēverat	discrēverāmus	discrēverātis	discrēverant
	future perfect	discrēverō	discrēveris	discrēverit	discrēverimus	discrēveritis	discrēverint
passive	present	discernor	discerneris, discernere	discernitur	discernimur	discerniminī	discernuntur
	imperfect	discernēbar	discernēbāris, discernēbāre	discernēbātur	discernēbāmur	discernēbāminī	discernēbantur
	future	discernar	discernēris, discernēre	discernētur	discernēmur	discernēminī	discernentur
	perfect	discrētus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	discrētus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	discrētus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	discernam	discernās	discernat	discernāmus	discernātis	discernant
	imperfect	discernerem	discernerēs	discerneret	discernerēmus	discernerētis	discernerent
	perfect	discrēverim	discrēverīs	discrēverit	discrēverīmus	discrēverītis	discrēverint
	pluperfect	discrēvissem	discrēvissēs	discrēvisset	discrēvissēmus	discrēvissētis	discrēvissent
passive	present	discernar	discernāris, discernāre	discernātur	discernāmur	discernāminī	discernantur
	imperfect	discernerer	discernerēris, discernerēre	discernerētur	discernerēmur	discernerēminī	discernerentur
	perfect	discrētus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	discrētus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	discerne	—	—	discernite	—
	future	—	discernitō	discernitō	—	discernitōte	discernuntō
passive	present	—	discernere	—	—	discerniminī	—
	future	—	discernitor	discernitor	—	—	discernuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		discernere	discrēvisse	discrētūrum esse	discernī	discrētum esse	discrētum īrī
participles		discernēns	—	discrētūrus	—	discrētus	discernendus, discernundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		discernendī	discernendō	discernendum	discernendō	discrētum	discrētū

Derived terms

• discernenter
• discernibilis
• discerniculum
• discrētim
• discrētiō
• discrētīvus
• discrētor
• discrētrīx
• discrētus
• discrīmen

 

Related terms

• cernō
• concernō
• dēcernō
• excernō
• incernō
• sēcernō

 

Descendants

• Catalan: discernir
• English: discern
• French: discerner
• Galician: discernir
• Italian: discernere
• Piedmontese: disserne
• Portuguese: discernir
• Sicilian: discèrniri
• Spanish: discernir
• Romanian: discerne

References

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