desino

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛ.zi.no/, (traditional) /ˈde.zi.no/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛzino, (traditional) -ezino
• Hyphenation: dè‧si‧no, (traditional) dé‧si‧no

desino

1. first-person singular present indicative of desinare

• Sidone, esondi, sedino

dē- +‎ sinō

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdeː.si.noː/, [ˈd̪eːs̠ɪnoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈde.si.no/, [ˈd̪ɛːs̬ino]

dēsinō (present infinitive dēsinere, perfect active dēsiī, supine dēsitum); third conjugation

1. to leave off, give over, give up

   Synonyms: relinquō, dēserō, omittō, dēdō, concēdō, dēcēdō, dēstituō, dēficiō, cēdō, linquō, addīcō, neglegō, remittō, permittō, tribuō

2. to cease, desist

   Synonyms: dēsistō, absistō, cessō, omittō, remittō, mittō, quiēscō

   Antonyms: incipiō, exōrdior, ōrdior, īnfit

   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.453–454:

     tū dēsine crēdere ventīs: perdidit illīus temporis aura fidem

     You [should] cease to trust the winds: at that season, the breeze has lost trustworthiness.
     Don't trust the winds: the breeze is unreliable that time of year.
     (Ovid warns his readers about the weather in February.)

3. to stop, end, close, make an end

• dēsinentia (Mediaeval)

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