desideo

Latin

Etymology

    From dē- +‎ sedeō (“sit”).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    dēsideō (present infinitive dēsidēre, perfect active dēsēdī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

    1. to remain or continue sitting
    2. to sit idle or inactive, sit around, hang about
      Synonyms: vacō, cessō, sileō, iaceō, resideō, langueō, conquiēscō
    3. to go to defecate

    Conjugation

    • This verb has only limited passive conjugation; only third-person passive forms are attested in surviving sources.
       Conjugation of dēsideō (second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem)
    indicative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present dēsideō dēsidēs dēsidet dēsidēmus dēsidētis dēsident
    imperfect dēsidēbam dēsidēbās dēsidēbat dēsidēbāmus dēsidēbātis dēsidēbant
    future dēsidēbō dēsidēbis dēsidēbit dēsidēbimus dēsidēbitis dēsidēbunt
    perfect dēsēdī dēsēdistī dēsēdit dēsēdimus dēsēdistis dēsēdērunt,
    dēsēdēre
    pluperfect dēsēderam dēsēderās dēsēderat dēsēderāmus dēsēderātis dēsēderant
    future perfect dēsēderō dēsēderis dēsēderit dēsēderimus dēsēderitis dēsēderint
    subjunctive singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present dēsideam dēsideās dēsideat dēsideāmus dēsideātis dēsideant
    imperfect dēsidērem dēsidērēs dēsidēret dēsidērēmus dēsidērētis dēsidērent
    perfect dēsēderim dēsēderīs dēsēderit dēsēderīmus dēsēderītis dēsēderint
    pluperfect dēsēdissem dēsēdissēs dēsēdisset dēsēdissēmus dēsēdissētis dēsēdissent
    imperative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present — dēsidē — — dēsidēte —
    future — dēsidētō dēsidētō — dēsidētōte dēsidentō
    non-finite forms infinitive participle
    active passive active passive
    present dēsidēre — dēsidēns —
    perfect dēsēdisse — — —
    verbal nouns gerund supine
    genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
    dēsidendī dēsidendō dēsidendum dēsidendō — —

    Derived terms

    References

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