desisto
αὐτόχειρες οὔτε τῶν ἀγαθῶν οὔτε τῶν κακῶν γίγνονται τῶν συμβαινόντων αὐτοῖς → for not with their own hands do they deal out the blessings and curses that befall us
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dē-sisto: stĭti, stĭtum, 3 (
I perf. destitĕrunt, Lucr. 4, 975), v. a. and n. (for syn. v. desino init.).
I Act., to set down: in scopulo puellam, Ap. M. 4, p. 157 (Anthol. Lat. 3, 174, 1).—
II Neutr.
A To stand off from a thing, to stand apart: quid tu tristis es? quid illa autem abs te irata destitit? Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 59.—
B Hence, of an action, to leave off, cease, give over, desist from (freq. and class.).—Constr. with de, ab, or simple abl., the dat., the inf., quin, and absol. (in class. prose most freq. with the simple abl., or with the inf.): verbo de sententia destitisti, Cic. Tusc. 2, 12, 28: de illa mente, id. Fam. 5, 2, 8: de petitione, Liv. 37, 58, 1: de diutina contentione, Nep. Timoth. 2: a defensione, Caes. B. C. 2, 12, 4; Liv. 38, 28, 9: ab oppugnatione, Sall. J. 25 fin.: ab operibus suis, Vulg. Sirach, 16, 27: hoc conatu, Caes. B. G. 1, 8 fin.: conatu, id. B. C. 3, 26, 3: oppugnatione, id. B. G. 6, 39, 4; id. B. C. 2, 13: consilio, id. B. G. 7, 26 fin.: negotio, id. ib. 1, 45: itinere, id. ib. 5, 11: fuga, id. ib. 4, 12, 2 (with fugere, id. ib. 1, 53,
v. the foll.): sententia, id. ib. 6, 4, 2; Cic. Off. 3, 3 fin.: causa, id. ib. 3, 31, 112: impio bello, Liv. 7, 40: incepto, id. 7, 5, 6; 25, 2, 7; Verg. A. 1, 37.—With dat., poet.: pugnae, id. ib. 10, 441: labori, Stat. Th. 5, 273.—With inf.: regem flagitare, Cic. Rep. 2, 12: de isdem scribere, id. Fin. 1, 2, 6 fin.: locupletare cives, id. ib. 2, 9: causas agere, id. Brut. 91, 314: mortem timere, id. Tusc. 1, 49, 117: pecuniam polliceri, Caes. B. G. 6, 2: Inachia furere, Hor. Epod. 11, 5: persequi aliquem, Vulg. 1 Reg. 23, 28 et saep.—With quin: neque, eam quin inveniam, desistam, Plaut. Rud. 1, 4, 9; Vatin. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 10.—Absol.: desiste; recte ego rem meam sapio, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 81; Lucr. 5, 825; Caes. B. G. 2, 11 fin.; Hor. S. 1, 3, 3 et saep.: ter in primo destitit ore sonus, stuck in my throat, Ov. H. 4, 8; cf. id. F. 2, 823: desistente auctumno, i. e. coming to a close, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 8.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dēsistō,⁹ stĭtī, stĭtum, sistĕre, intr., s’abstenir, renoncer à, discontinuer de : sententia Cic. Off. 3, 15 ; de sententia Cic. Tusc. 2, 28, changer d’avis ; causa Cic. Off. 3, 112, renoncer à un procès ; de mente Cic. Fam. 5, 2, 8, changer de sentiments, cf. Nep. Timoth. 2, 2 ; Liv. 37, 58, 1 ; ab defensione Cæs. C. 2, 12, 3, renoncer à se défendre, cf. G. 7, 12, 1
