dē-scisco Copy link Outline I. Prop.II. Transf. beyond the political sphere, ...B. Of subjects not personal ⓘdēscīvērunt: perf ind act 3rd pl • dē-scisco, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 3, v. n., orig. a publicist's t. t. to free one's self from a connection with any one, to withdraw, leave, revolt from, = sciscendo deficere; and with an indication of the terminus, to desert to, go over to any one (class. prose). I. Prop.: multae longinquiores civitates ab Afranio desciscunt, Caes. B. C. 1, 60 fin.; so, ab aliquo, id. ib. 2, 32, 2; Cic. Phil. 11, 9, 21; Liv. 6, 36; Nep. Alc. 5, 1; id. Dat. 5, 5; Just. 5, 1 fin. et saep.: ad aliquem (opp. a nobis deficere), Liv. 31, 7; cf.: Praeneste ab Latinis ad Romanos descivit, id. 2, 19; and simply: ad aliquem, id. 26, 21; Front. Strat. 4, 3, 14 al.; cf. pass. impers.: quibus invitis descitum ad Samnites erat, Liv. 9, 16; and Flor. 3, 5, 6.—Absol.: cum Fidenae aperte descissent, Liv. 1, 27; 21, 19; Tac. H. 1, 31; Suet. Caes. 68; Nep. Tim. 3, 1; id. Ham. 2, 2; Front. Strat. 1, 8, 6: Stat. Th. 2, 311 al.— II. Transf. beyond the political sphere, to depart, deviate, withdraw from a person or thing; to fall off from, be unfaithful to: a nobis desciscere quaeres? Lucr. 1, 104: a se ipse, Cic. Att. 2, 4, 2: si Cicero a Demosthene paulum in hac parte descivit, Quint. 9, 4, 146: cur Zeno ab hac antiqua institutione desciverit, Cic. Fin. 4, 8; so, a pristina causa, id. Fam. 1, 9, 17 Orell. N. cr.: a veritate, id. Ac. 2, 15: a natura, id. Tusc. 3, 2: a disciplina, Vell. 2, 81: a virtute, id. 2, 1: a consuetudine parentum, Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 4 et saep.: a vita, to separate, sever one's self, Cic. Fin. 3, 18, 61 (opp. manere in vita).—Pass. impers.: praecipiti cursu a virtute descitum, ad vitia transcursum, Vell. 2, 1.—Stating the terminus, to fall off to, decline to; to degenerate into: ab excitata fortuna ad inclinatam et prope jacentem, Cic. Fam. 2, 16; cf.: ad saevitiam, ad cupiditatem, Suet. Dom. 10: in regem (i. e. to degenerate, be transformed), Flor. 4, 3: in monstrum, id. 4, 11.— B. Of subjects not personal: quis ignorat et eloquentiam et ceteras artes descivisse ab ista vetere gloria, Tac. Or. 28: (vitis) gracili arvo non desciscit, does not degenerate, Col. 3, 2, 13: semina, id. 3, 10, 18.
dēscīscō Copy link ⓘdēscīvērunt: perf ind act 3rd pl • dēscīscō, scīvī ou scĭī, scītum, ĕre, intr., se détacher de, se séparer de qqn ou du parti de qqn : a populo Romano Cic. Phil. 11, 21, se détacher du peuple romain ; ad aliquem Liv. 31, 7, 12, passer après défection au parti de qqn ; Præneste ab Latinis ad Romanos descivit Liv. 2, 19, 2, Préneste passa du parti des Latins à celui des Romains ; cum Fidenæ aperte descissent Liv. 1, 27, 4, comme Fidènes avait ouvertement fait défection, cf. Nep. Timoth. 3, 1 ; Ham. 2, 2 || [fig.] s'écarter de, renoncer à, se départir de : a veritate Cic. Ac. 2, 46, s'écarter de la vérité ; a se desciscere Cic. Att. 2, 4, 2, se démentir ; ab excitata fortuna ad inclinatam Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 1, abandonner une fortune qui s'élève pour une fortune qui décline ; vitis gracili arvo non desciscit Col. Rust. 3, 2, 13, la vigne ne dégénère pas dans un sol léger.
descisco Copy link ⓘdēscīvērunt: perf ind act 3rd pl DESCISCO iui, itum, ere. [ἀφίστημι] Deficere, transire ad deteriorem partem, relinquere meliora. […] 🗁 Page Scan