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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.

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|georg=dē-[[sino]], siī, situm, ere, I) tr. [[ablassen]] [[von]] etw., es [[unterlassen]], [[verlassen]], [[mit]] etw. [[aufhören]], telam, Ter.: artem, [[aufgeben]], [[nicht]] [[mehr]] [[betreiben]], Cic.: artem athleticam, Gell.: [[bellum]], Sall. fr.: oppugnationem, Gell.: [[versus]], Verg.: amicitiam cum alqo, [[Fronto]]: [[bei]] Dichtern [[nicht]] [[selten]] [[für]] deserere, [[wie]] dominam, Ov. – [[mit]] Infin., [[aufhören]] zu usw. ([[deutsch]] [[auch]] [[oft]] [[durch]] [[nicht]] [[mehr]], [[nicht]] [[weiter]] [[mit]] dem bestimmten Tempus [[des]] im Lateinischen im [[Infinitiv]] dabeistehenden Verbums), desiit defendere, verteidigte [[nicht]] [[mehr]], [[nicht]] [[weiter]], Cic.: alere morbum desinere, die Kr. [[nicht]] [[weiter]] [[nähren]], Nep.: [[illud]] timere [[desino]], fürchte [[ich]] [[nicht]] [[mehr]], Cic.: vivere [[des]]., [[nicht]] [[mehr]] [[leben]], Sen.: so [[auch]] [[esse]] [[des]]., [[nicht]] [[mehr]] (am [[Leben]]) [[sein]], Sen.: morari [[inter]] homines desisse (doppelsinnig, s. 1. [[moror]]), Suet.: desinit moveri ([[sich]] zu [[bewegen]]), Cic.: vocari est [[desitus]], Cic.: ab [[totiens]] victore hoste vinci desisse, Liv.: desinit ferri, consumi, Sen. rhet.: orationes [[legi]] sunt desitae, wurden [[nicht]] [[mehr]] gelesen, Cic.: u. unpers., desitum est disputari, [[man]] hat aufgehört usw., Cic.: cum Philippo [[non]] [[ante]] desitum (est) bellari, Liv. – m. Abl., desine, [[quaeso]], communibus locis, Cic. Acad. 2, 80. – m. Genet., desine blanditiae, Caecil. com. 66: desine [[tandem]] mollium querelarum, Hor. carm. 2, 9, 17: [[consul]] [[non]] desinit irae, Sil. 10, 84. – m. ab u. Abl., a currendo [[multa]] spatia [[non]] [[des]]., Capit. Maxim. duor. 3. § 3: [[des]]. a [[militia]], ibid. 4. § 4. – absol. (Ggstz. incipere), Mi. Ah! pergisne? De. Iam [[iam]] [[desino]], Ter.: ut incipiendi fuerit [[ratio]], [[ita]] sit desinendi [[modus]], Cic.: [[unde]] [[initium]] fecit et [[ubi]] desiit ([[vox]]), Vitr.: u. [[bes]]. = [[aufhören]] (zu [[klagen]], [[sprechen]]), endigen, desine, Ov. [[met]]. 6, 215: desinit in lacrimas, weinend beschließt [[sie]] die [[Rede]], Ov. [[fast]]. 2, 755: u. = [[aufhören]] (zu [[handeln]] usw.), es [[gut]] [[sein]] [[lassen]], [[optimus]] virtutis [[finis]] est, [[antequam]] deficias desinere, Sen. contr. 1, 8, 3: u. v. [[Schauspieler]] u. [[Redner]] = [[nicht]] [[mehr]] [[auftreten]], Cic. ep. 7, 1, 2. Quint. 12, 11, 3: v. Soldaten = [[nicht]] [[weiter]] [[dienen]], Sen. contr. 1, 8, 8. – u. in der [[Umgangssprache]], desine zuw. [[wie]] παῦε), [[laß]] ab! [[laß]] [[gut]] [[sein]]! [[halt]] [[still]] u. dgl., [[Komik]] (vgl. Spengel Ter. Andr. 972). – [[Passiv]] unpers., [[tunc]] [[bene]] desinitur, Ov.: si esset factitatum, [[non]] esset desitum, Cic.: [[coeptum]] [[igitur]] per [[eos]], [[qui]] agi volebant, desitum est per [[hunc]], [[qui]] discessit, Cic. fr. – II) intr. [[aufhören]], [[enden]], [[ein]] [[Ende]] [[nehmen]], [[vergehen]], [[schließen]] (Ggstz. incipere, coepisse), Sall., Verg. u.a.: occĭdere desinereque, Plin. ep.: in piscem, Ov.: [[gemma]] in violam desinit, spielt ins Violette, Plin.: hirsuta [[barba]] in [[acutum]] desinens, Amm.: [[aestas]] in [[autumnum]] desinit, schlägt um, Sen.: [[cauda]] praelonga in tenuitatem desinens, am [[Ende]] [[spitz]] zulaufend, Plin.: [[Pyrenaeus]] desinens, der ausmündende P., das [[äußerste]] [[Ende]] [[des]] P., [[Flor]].: desinit (läuft aus) [[Draco]] ([[mons]]) in Tmolo, [[Tmolus]] in Cadmo, Plin.: [[Danubius]] [[alio]], [[quam]] desinit (ausmündet), nomine exoritur, [[Mela]]: alphos et [[melas]] ([[zwei]] Formen der [[Krankheit]] [[vitiligo]]) in aliis celerius in aliis tardius et oriuntur et desinunt ([[vergehen]]), Cels. – [[als]] rhet. t. t., [[schließen]], endigen, v. [[Schluß]] [[einer]] [[Periode]] usw., [[similiter]] desinens est, cum, [[tametsi]] [[casus]] [[non]] insunt in verbis, [[tamen]] similes [[exitus]] habent, Cornif. rhet.: [[quae]] [[similiter]] desinunt [[aut]] [[quae]] cadunt [[similiter]] (vgl. [[cado]] no. I, A, a, λ. S. 890), Cic.: in iisdem verbis [[des]]. (Ggstz. ab iisdem incipere), Quint.: [[apud]] Ciceronem [[omnia]] desinunt (verläuft [[sich]] [[ruhig]]), [[apud]] Pollionem cadunt (stürzt alles zum [[Schluß]]), Sen. – v. [[Schluß]] der [[Rede]], [[unde]] coepit [[oratio]] mea, [[ibi]] desinet, Liv. – vom die [[Rede]] schließenden [[Redner]], [[non]] [[semper]] [[eodem]] [[modo]] [[des]]., Cic.: in [[hoc]] desisse versu, Suet.: ut [[quo]] ex genere coeperis translationis, [[hoc]] desinas, Quint. – / Perf. regelm. [[desii]], [[doch]] [[auch]] desivit, Solin. 35, 4: desiverit, Gell. 20, 1, 22. – Synkop. Perf. [[desi]], Carm. epigr. 1091. 1092. 1095: desit, Manil. 5, 563. Mart. 6, 26, 3 u.a. (s. Lachm. Lucr. p. 208): desissem, Catull. 36, 5: desisset, Gell. 15, 16, 2. Capit. Maxim. duor. 3. § 3: Infin. desisse, Cic. ep. 9, 24, 2. Liv. 4, 35, 10. Suet. Ner. 33, 1 u. 46, 3: vulg. Perf. desinui, wov. desinuit, Commodian. apol. 201: desini, [[Pastor]] Herm. [[vis]]. 3. § 8.

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