Latin edit

Etymology edit

dis- +‎ hiāscō (to break open)

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

dishiāscō (present infinitive dishiāscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

  1. (intransitive, hapax) to gape open
    • 234 BCE – 149 BCE, Cato the Elder, De Agri Cultura 12:
      fibulas XL constibilis ligneas, qui arbores conprimat, si dishiascent
      40 stout wooden pins to brace the anchor-posts if they 'spread

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of dishiāscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dishiāscō dishiāscis dishiāscit dishiāscimus dishiāscitis dishiāscunt
imperfect dishiāscēbam dishiāscēbās dishiāscēbat dishiāscēbāmus dishiāscēbātis dishiāscēbant
future dishiāscam dishiāscēs dishiāscet dishiāscēmus dishiāscētis dishiāscent
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dishiāscam dishiāscās dishiāscat dishiāscāmus dishiāscātis dishiāscant
imperfect dishiāscerem dishiāscerēs dishiāsceret dishiāscerēmus dishiāscerētis dishiāscerent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dishiāsce dishiāscite
future dishiāscitō dishiāscitō dishiāscitōte dishiāscuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives dishiāscere
participles dishiāscēns
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
dishiāscendī dishiāscendō dishiāscendum dishiāscendō

References edit

  • dishiasco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • dishiasco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.