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|lshtext=<b>dē-sĭno</b>: sĭi ([[rarely]] īvi, Sol. 35, 4, v. Neue, Form. II. 404; also,<br /><b>I</b> sync. perf.: desit, Mart. 6, 26, 3: desisse, Cic. Fam. 9, 24, 2; Suet. Ner. 33; 46; Gell. 15, 16, 2: desissem, Catull. 36, 5 al.: DESI, dissyl., Inscr. Orell. 71), sĭtum, 3, v. a. and n.—Prop., to [[put]] or [[set]] [[down]]; [[hence]], to [[leave]] [[off]], [[give]] [[over]], [[cease]], [[desist]] (opp. [[coepi]], the [[construction]] of [[which]] it for the [[most]] [[part]] follows; cf. for syn.: [[cesso]], [[cunctor]], [[tergiversor]], [[defugio]], [[haesito]], [[moror]], [[tardor]]; [[desisto]], [[omitto]], [[intermitto]], [[praetermitto]], [[praetereo]], etc.).<br /><b>I</b> Act.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With inf. [[act]].: illud jam mirari [[desino]], Cic. de Or. 2, 14, 59: te uti teste, id. Rep. 1, 39: commemorare eos, id. ib. 1, 1: [[amare]], Plaut. Bac. 1, 1, 67: lacessere, Ter. Eun. prol. 16: maledicere, id. And. prol. 22: de compositione loqui, *Caes. B. C. 3, 19 fin. et saep.—Less freq.,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [[with]] inf. [[pass]].: ubi ipsi Desierunt vorti, Lucr. 4, 403: moveri, Cic. Rep. 6, 25: fieri, id. Att. 1, 19, 9: cerni, Quint. 8, 5, 29: quaeri ab eo, id. 11, 3, 6: inquiri, Ov. M. 6, 616 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With acc. ([[mostly]] [[poet]].): artem, Cic. Fam. 7, 1, 4; Suet. Tib. 36; Gell. 15, 16, 2: seditionem, id. 2, 12, 3: [[versus]], Verg. E. 8, 61; cf. plura, id. ib. 5, 19; 9, 66: Titania bella, Sil. 12, 725: lugubres voces, Ap. Mag. 5, p.170 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Pass. ([[usually]] in the tempp. perff.): veteres orationes a plerisque legi sunt desitae, Cic. Brut. 32, 123; cf. id. Off. 2, 8, 27; and: Persei [[numquam]] desitum celebrari [[nomen]], Liv. 42, 49: censores creari desitos, Suet. Aug. 37: sermone [[abhinc]] multis annis jam desito, Gell. 1, 10, 2: nectier [[postea]] desitum, Cic. Rep. 2, 34; cf. id. Fin. 2, 13, 43: [[coeptum]] per eos qui volebant, desitum est per hunc, qui decessit, id. Cornel. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 809 P.— In the pres.: [[tunc]] [[bene]] desinitur, Ov. A. A. 1, 411.—<br /><b>II</b> Neutr., to [[cease]], [[stop]], [[end]], [[close]] (not freq. [[till]] [[after]] the Aug. [[period]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.:' omne [[bellum]] sumi [[facile]], [[ceterum]] aegerrume desinere, Sall. J. 83, 2: [[ferrea]] [[primum]] desinet [[gens]], Verg. E. 4, 9: desierant imbres, Ov. M. 5, 285: desinat ira, id. H. 3, 89: [[cetera]], fragilia et caduca occidunt desinuntque, [[perish]], Plin. Ep. 2, 10, 4 et saep.: [[cauda]] desinit in piscem, Ov. M. 4, 727; cf. Hor. A. P. 4; Verg. A. 10, 211; Sen. Ep. 92, 10; 24, 26: Plin. 8, 33, 51, § 121: ([[gemma]]) ad vini colorem accedens, [[prius]] [[quam]] eum degustet, in [[viola]] desinit [[fulgor]], Plin. 37, 9, 40, § 121: [[Pyrenaeus]] desinens, i. e. [[their]] [[extreme]] [[end]], Flor. 4, 12, 46.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> With abl. and in: in quo desinimus, Ov. M. 8, 597; or abl. [[alone]]: desine [[quaeso]] communibus locis, Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 80.—With gen., [[poet]]. ([[like]] the Gr. παύειν and λήγειν): querelarum, Hor. Od. 2, 9, 17: irae, Sil. 10, 84.—Absol.: Mi. Ah! pergisne? De. Jam jam [[desino]], Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 67: ut incipiendi (sc. sermonem) [[ratio]] fuerit, ita [[sit]] desinendi [[modus]], Cic. Off. 1, 37 fin.; so opp. incipere, Quint. 9, 2, 19; 11, 3, 35: quo ex genere coeperis translationes, hoc desinas, id. 8, 6, 50: cantasse eum [[publice]] Oedipodem exsulem [[atque]] in hoc desisse versu: Θανεῖν μ ἀνῷγε, etc., Suet. Ner. 46 fin.: a praeceptis [[incipio]], [[desino]] in exemplis, Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 2, 1.—In colloq. lang. desine [[sometimes]] [[like]] the Gr. παῦε (cf. Lidd. and Scott, under [[παύω]], no. II.), [[leave]] [[off]]! [[give]] [[over]]! [[stop]]! be [[still]]! etc.: Ba. Heu, heu, [[heu!]] Ps. Desine, Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 51; so Ter. And. 5, 6, 8; id. Eun. 2, 3, 56 al. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Esp., in [[rhetor]]., of the [[close]] of a [[period]], to [[end]], [[close]]: [[illa]], quae [[similiter]] desinunt, etc., Cic. de Or. 3, 54; cf. Quint. 9, 3, 79; 9, 4, 42 et saep.; cf. [[cado]], no. II.