desipio

Latin

Etymology

From dē- +‎ sapiō.

Pronunciation

Verb

dēsipiō (present infinitive dēsipere, perfect active dēsipuī); third conjugation -variant, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to be foolish (or act foolishly), fool around, clown around
    Dulce est desipere in loco.
    It's pleasant to act silly now and then
    (Horatius)

Conjugation

References

  • desipio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • desipio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • desipio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to almost lose one's reason from excess of joy: nimio gaudio paene desipere
  • desipio in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016