desicco

Latin

Etymology

From dē- (“of; from, away from”) +‎ siccō (“dry up”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːˈsik.koː/, [d̪eːˈs̠ɪkːoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈsik.ko/, [d̪eˈs̬ikːo]

Verb

dēsiccō (present infinitive dēsiccāre, perfect active dēsiccāvī, supine dēsiccātum); first conjugation

1. (transitive) to dry up, drain dry, desiccate

Conjugation

• Note: perfect forms are rare.

Conjugation of dēsiccō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēsiccō	dēsiccās	dēsiccat	dēsiccāmus	dēsiccātis	dēsiccant
	imperfect	dēsiccābam	dēsiccābās	dēsiccābat	dēsiccābāmus	dēsiccābātis	dēsiccābant
	future	dēsiccābō	dēsiccābis	dēsiccābit	dēsiccābimus	dēsiccābitis	dēsiccābunt
	perfect	dēsiccāvī	dēsiccāvistī	dēsiccāvit	dēsiccāvimus	dēsiccāvistis	dēsiccāvērunt, dēsiccāvēre
	pluperfect	dēsiccāveram	dēsiccāverās	dēsiccāverat	dēsiccāverāmus	dēsiccāverātis	dēsiccāverant
	future perfect	dēsiccāverō	dēsiccāveris	dēsiccāverit	dēsiccāverimus	dēsiccāveritis	dēsiccāverint
passive	present	dēsiccor	dēsiccāris, dēsiccāre	dēsiccātur	dēsiccāmur	dēsiccāminī	dēsiccantur
	imperfect	dēsiccābar	dēsiccābāris, dēsiccābāre	dēsiccābātur	dēsiccābāmur	dēsiccābāminī	dēsiccābantur
	future	dēsiccābor	dēsiccāberis, dēsiccābere	dēsiccābitur	dēsiccābimur	dēsiccābiminī	dēsiccābuntur
	perfect	dēsiccātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dēsiccātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dēsiccātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēsiccem	dēsiccēs	dēsiccet	dēsiccēmus	dēsiccētis	dēsiccent
	imperfect	dēsiccārem	dēsiccārēs	dēsiccāret	dēsiccārēmus	dēsiccārētis	dēsiccārent
	perfect	dēsiccāverim	dēsiccāverīs	dēsiccāverit	dēsiccāverīmus	dēsiccāverītis	dēsiccāverint
	pluperfect	dēsiccāvissem	dēsiccāvissēs	dēsiccāvisset	dēsiccāvissēmus	dēsiccāvissētis	dēsiccāvissent
passive	present	dēsiccer	dēsiccēris, dēsiccēre	dēsiccētur	dēsiccēmur	dēsiccēminī	dēsiccentur
	imperfect	dēsiccārer	dēsiccārēris, dēsiccārēre	dēsiccārētur	dēsiccārēmur	dēsiccārēminī	dēsiccārentur
	perfect	dēsiccātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dēsiccātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dēsiccā	—	—	dēsiccāte	—
	future	—	dēsiccātō	dēsiccātō	—	dēsiccātōte	dēsiccantō
passive	present	—	dēsiccāre	—	—	dēsiccāminī	—
	future	—	dēsiccātor	dēsiccātor	—	—	dēsiccantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dēsiccāre	dēsiccāvisse	dēsiccātūrum esse	dēsiccārī	dēsiccātum esse	dēsiccātum īrī
participles		dēsiccāns	—	dēsiccātūrus	—	dēsiccātus	dēsiccandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dēsiccandī	dēsiccandō	dēsiccandum	dēsiccandō	dēsiccātum	dēsiccātū

Synonyms

• (dry up): ārefaciō, ārescō, assiccō, exūrō

Related terms

• assiccō
• exsiccō
• siccō

Descendants

• Catalan: dessecar
• English: desiccate
• French: dessécher
• Friulian: dissecjâ
• Italian: disseccare
• Occitan: dessecar
• Portuguese: dessecar
• Sicilian: disiccari
• Spanish: desecar

References

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