discedo

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diʃˈʃɛ.do/
• Rhymes: -ɛdo
• Hyphenation: di‧scè‧do

Verb

discedo

1. first-person singular present indicative of discedere

Latin

Etymology

From dis- +‎ cēdō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /disˈkeː.doː/, [d̪ɪs̠ˈkeːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /diʃˈʃe.do/, [d̪iʃˈʃɛːd̪o]

Verb

discēdō (present infinitive discēdere, perfect active discessī, supine discessum); third conjugation

1. (intransitive) to leave, depart, abandon, retire (with ablative)
   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.17:

     Nusquam īnfectā rē discēderent

     Never abandoned an enterprise without accomplishing it (lit: Never withdrew from an unfinished enterprise)

2. (intransitive) to not fulfill, fail to fulfill one's target
3. (intransitive) to deviate from a target or custom
4. (intransitive) to vanish, disappear
5. (intransitive) to die

Conjugation

Conjugation of discēdō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	discēdō	discēdis	discēdit	discēdimus	discēditis	discēdunt
	imperfect	discēdēbam	discēdēbās	discēdēbat	discēdēbāmus	discēdēbātis	discēdēbant
	future	discēdam	discēdēs	discēdet	discēdēmus	discēdētis	discēdent
	perfect	discessī	discessistī	discessit	discessimus	discessistis	discessērunt, discessēre
	pluperfect	discesseram	discesserās	discesserat	discesserāmus	discesserātis	discesserant
	future perfect	discesserō	discesseris	discesserit	discesserimus	discesseritis	discesserint
passive	present	discēdor	discēderis, discēdere	discēditur	discēdimur	discēdiminī	discēduntur
	imperfect	discēdēbar	discēdēbāris, discēdēbāre	discēdēbātur	discēdēbāmur	discēdēbāminī	discēdēbantur
	future	discēdar	discēdēris, discēdēre	discēdētur	discēdēmur	discēdēminī	discēdentur
	perfect	discessus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	discessus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	discessus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	discēdam	discēdās	discēdat	discēdāmus	discēdātis	discēdant
	imperfect	discēderem	discēderēs	discēderet	discēderēmus	discēderētis	discēderent
	perfect	discesserim	discesserīs	discesserit	discesserīmus	discesserītis	discesserint
	pluperfect	discessissem	discessissēs	discessisset	discessissēmus	discessissētis	discessissent
passive	present	discēdar	discēdāris, discēdāre	discēdātur	discēdāmur	discēdāminī	discēdantur
	imperfect	discēderer	discēderēris, discēderēre	discēderētur	discēderēmur	discēderēminī	discēderentur
	perfect	discessus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	discessus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	discēde	—	—	discēdite	—
	future	—	discēditō	discēditō	—	discēditōte	discēduntō
passive	present	—	discēdere	—	—	discēdiminī	—
	future	—	discēditor	discēditor	—	—	discēduntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		discēdere	discessisse	discessūrum esse	discēdī	discessum esse	discessum īrī
participles		discēdēns	—	discessūrus	—	discessus	discēdendus, discēdundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		discēdendī	discēdendō	discēdendum	discēdendō	discessum	discessū

Synonyms

• (die): morior, pereō, occumbō, dēfungor, exspīrō, dēcēdō, cadō, occidō, intereō, dēficiō
• (retire): recipio, deficio, decedo, recēdō, concēdō, cedo, excēdō, regredior, subtrahō, subdūcō, refero, facessō, āmoveō, vertō, inclīnō
• (move away): evado, exeo, deficio, decedo, abeo, cedo, facesso, digredior, egredior
• (disappear): cēdō, concēdō, excēdō, dēcēdō, pereō, intereō
• (deviate): dēscīscō
• (fail): cadō, dēsum, dēficiō, dēlinquō

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “retire”): aggredior, prōcēdō, prōdeō, prōficiō, prōgredior, ēvehō, incēdō
• (antonym(s) of “disappear”): prōcēdō, coorior, exorior, oborior, orior, appāreō, pāreō, ēmergō
• (antonym(s) of “fail”): impetrō, perpetrō, perficiō, ēvincō

References

• discedo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• “discedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “discedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• discedo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • they disperse in different directions: in diversas partes or simply diversi abeunt, discedunt
    
  • the memory of this will never fade from my mind: numquam ex animo meo memoria illius rei discedet
    
  • putting aside, except: cum discessi, -eris, -eritis ab
    
  • (ambiguous) to leave a place: discedere a, de, ex loco aliquo
    
  • (ambiguous) to be always at a person's side: ab alicuius latere non discedere
    
  • (ambiguous) to give up one's opinion: a sententia sua discedere
    
  • (ambiguous) to deviate from the path of virtue: a virtute discedere or deficere
    
  • (ambiguous) to neglect one's duty: ab officio discedere
    
  • (ambiguous) to give up old customs: a vetere consuetudine discedere
    
  • (ambiguous) to transgress a law: a lege discedere
    
  • (ambiguous) to divide into two factions: in duas partes discedere (Sall. Iug. 13. 1)
    
  • (ambiguous) to vote for some one's motion: discedere (pedibus), ire in alicuius sententiam (Liv. 23. 10)
    
  • (ambiguous) to lay down arms: ab armis discedere (Phil. 11. 33)
    
  • (ambiguous) to follow the standards: signa sequi (opp. a signis discedere, signa relinquere)
    
  • (ambiguous) to be defeated in fight, lose the battle: proelio vinci, superari, inferiorem, victum discedere
    
  • (ambiguous) to come off victorious: superiorem (opp. inferiorem), victorem (proelio, pugna) discedere