desisto Latin · revision 8093

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la sistō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [deːˈsɪs.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [deˈs̬is.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēsistō''' (present infinitive dēsistere, perfect active dēstitī, supine dēstitum); third conjugation, impersonal in the passive^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[dē-]] “off, away” and [[sistō]] “to stand, set”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus, of leaving off.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to leave off, cease, as in Plautus, and in law to drop a prosecution.^(OLD 2012) With an infinitive it meant to stop doing something, and with ''ab'' to break with a person.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein explains that ''dēsinere'' is a mere ceasing, of persons or things, while ''dēsistere'' is an act of will, possible only to persons.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to desist, cease.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in Italian ''desistere'' and Spanish ''desistir'', and gave [[en|desist]] in the mid-15th century.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of leaving off.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * mid-15th century – English ''desist'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To leave off, [[m|en|desist]]; to drop (a suit).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To stop (doing something).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To break (with a person).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[destitor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sistō]]

+ * [[en|desist]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein distinguishes it from [[dēsinō]].^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}