desidero

See also: desiderò

Italian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /de.ziˈdɛ.ro/, (traditional) /de.siˈdɛ.ro/^[1]
Rhymes: -ɛro
Hyphenation: de‧si‧dè‧ro

Noun

desidero m (plural desideri)

(archaic) alternative form of desiderio

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /deˈzi.de.ro/, (traditional) /deˈsi.de.ro/^[2]
Rhymes: -idero
Hyphenation: de‧sì‧de‧ro

Verb

desidero

first-person singular present indicative of desiderare

References

^ desidero in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
^ desidero in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

diseredo, diseredò

Latin

Etymology

From de- +‎ *sīder-, a morpheme perhaps related to sīdus (“star; constellation”) (compare cōnsīderō). Perhaps like "wish upon a shooting star."^[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [deːˈsiː.dɛ.roː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [deˈs̬iː.de.ro]

Verb

dēsīderō (present infinitive dēsīderāre, perfect active dēsīderāvī, supine dēsīderātum); first conjugation

to want, desire, wish for, long for
Synonym: concupīscō
- 63 BCE, Cicero, In Catilinam orationes 1.10:
  Nimium diū tē imperātōrem tua illa Mānliāna castra dēsīderant.
  For too long now that “Manlian” camp of yours has been longing for you as its leader.
  (The plural desiderant agrees with the plural subject castra, understood here as singular. Cicero is using the dramatic device of personification to taunt Catiline, whose supporter Gaius Manlius commanded a rebel camp at Faesulae in Etruria.)
to miss, lack, need
- c. early 1st-century BCE, CIL 6.16606:^[2]
  Mater mea mihi | monumentum | coeravit quae | me desiderat vehementer me
  My mother built this monument for me, whom she misses terribly
to lose
(passive voice) to be lost, to be missing

Conjugation

Conjugation of dēsīderō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	dēsīderō	dēsīderās		dēsīderat	dēsīderāmus	dēsīderātis		dēsīderant
	imperfect	dēsīderābam	dēsīderābās		dēsīderābat	dēsīderābāmus	dēsīderābātis		dēsīderābant
	future	dēsīderābō	dēsīderābis		dēsīderābit	dēsīderābimus	dēsīderābitis		dēsīderābunt
	perfect	dēsīderāvī	dēsīderāvistī		dēsīderāvit	dēsīderāvimus	dēsīderāvistis		dēsīderāvērunt, dēsīderāvēre
	pluperfect	dēsīderāveram	dēsīderāverās		dēsīderāverat	dēsīderāverāmus	dēsīderāverātis		dēsīderāverant
	future perfect	dēsīderāverō	dēsīderāveris		dēsīderāverit	dēsīderāverimus	dēsīderāveritis		dēsīderāverint
passive	present	dēsīderor	dēsīderāris, dēsīderāre		dēsīderātur	dēsīderāmur	dēsīderāminī		dēsīderantur
	imperfect	dēsīderābar	dēsīderābāris, dēsīderābāre		dēsīderābātur	dēsīderābāmur	dēsīderābāminī		dēsīderābantur
	future	dēsīderābor	dēsīderāberis, dēsīderābere		dēsīderābitur	dēsīderābimur	dēsīderābiminī		dēsīderābuntur
	perfect	dēsīderātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dēsīderātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dēsīderātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	dēsīderem	dēsīderēs		dēsīderet	dēsīderēmus	dēsīderētis		dēsīderent
	imperfect	dēsīderārem	dēsīderārēs		dēsīderāret	dēsīderārēmus	dēsīderārētis		dēsīderārent
	perfect	dēsīderāverim	dēsīderāverīs		dēsīderāverit	dēsīderāverīmus	dēsīderāverītis		dēsīderāverint
	pluperfect	dēsīderāvissem	dēsīderāvissēs		dēsīderāvisset	dēsīderāvissēmus	dēsīderāvissētis		dēsīderāvissent
passive	present	dēsīderer	dēsīderēris, dēsīderēre		dēsīderētur	dēsīderēmur	dēsīderēminī		dēsīderentur
	imperfect	dēsīderārer	dēsīderārēris, dēsīderārēre		dēsīderārētur	dēsīderārēmur	dēsīderārēminī		dēsīderārentur
	perfect	dēsīderātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dēsīderātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	dēsīderā		—	—	dēsīderāte		—
active	future	—	dēsīderātō		dēsīderātō	—	dēsīderātōte		dēsīderantō
passive	present	—	dēsīderāre		—	—	dēsīderāminī		—
passive	future	—	dēsīderātor		dēsīderātor	—	—		dēsīderantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		dēsīderāre		dēsīderārī		dēsīderāns		—
future		dēsīderātūrum esse		dēsīderātum īrī		dēsīderātūrus		dēsīderandus
perfect		dēsīderāvisse		dēsīderātum esse		—		dēsīderātus
future perfect		—		dēsīderātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		dēsīderātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		dēsīderandī	dēsīderandō		dēsīderandum	dēsīderandō	dēsīderātum		dēsīderātū

Related terms

Descendants

Dalmatian: desirur
Eastern Romance:
- Romanian: deșidera
English: desiderate
Italian: desiderare, disiderare (archaic or obsolete)
Old French: desirrer, desirer
- Middle French: desirer
  - French: désirer
- → Middle English: desiren
  - English: desire
Old Leonese:
- Asturian: desear
Old Occitan: dezirar
- Catalan: desitjar, desirar
- Occitan: desirar
Old Galician-Portuguese: desejar
- Galician: desexar
- Portuguese: desejar
Old Spanish:
- Spanish: desear
→ Albanian: dëshiroj
→ Romanian: dezidera

References

“desidero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“desidero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“desidero”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “sīdus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 562
^ Warmington, E. H. (1940), Remains of Old Latin (Loeb Classical Library)‎^[1], Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 18

[1] sidero in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

[2] sidero in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

[3] De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “sīdus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 562

[4] Warmington, E. H. (1940), Remains of Old Latin (Loeb Classical Library)‎^[1], Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 18

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