destituo

From dē- +‎ statuō.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːsˈti.tu.oː/, [d̪eːs̠ˈt̪ɪt̪uoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /desˈti.tu.o/, [d̪esˈt̪iːt̪uo]

dēstituō (present infinitive dēstituere, perfect active dēstituī, supine dēstitūtum); third conjugation

1. to fix or set in position; to place

   Synonyms: pono, collocō, statuo, sisto, figo, constituo

2. to leave alone, forsake, abandon or desert

   Synonyms: dēserō, relinquō, omittō, dēdō, concēdō, dēficiō, oblīvīscor, cēdō, linquō, dēsinō, dissimulō, trādō, addīcō, dīmittō, praetereō, neglegō, pōnō, reddō, remittō, permittō, tribuō

   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I.41:

     si destituat spes

     if her hopes should disappoint her

   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 1.363–364:

     flēbat Aristaeus, quod apēs cum stirpe necātās
     vīderat inceptōs dēstituisse favōs.

     Aristaeus was weeping, because he had seen that his bees, destroyed together with their offspring, had abandoned the unfinished honeycombs.

3. to delude, deceive, cheat

   Synonyms: dēcipiō, mentior, frūstror, ēlūdō, fallō, fraudō, circumdūcō, circumveniō, indūcō, ingannō

• “destituo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• destituo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• “destituo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• destituo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

destituo

1. first-person singular present indicative of destituir