desideo

Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ sedeō (“sit”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːˈsi.de.oː/, [d̪eːˈs̠ɪd̪eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈsi.de.o/, [d̪eˈs̬iːd̪eo]

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 supine stem, active only)
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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dēsidēre	dēsēdisse	—	—	—	—
participles		dēsidēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dēsidendī	dēsidendō	dēsidendum	dēsidendō	—	—

Derived terms

• dēsidia

Related terms

• assideō
• circumsedeō
• dissideō
• īnsideō
• obsideō
• persedeō
• possideō
• praesideō
• resideō
• sedeō
• supersedeō

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.