distineo
Latin
Etymology
From dis- + teneō (“hold; restrain”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /disˈti.ne.oː/, [d̪ɪs̠ˈt̪ɪneoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /disˈti.ne.o/, [d̪isˈt̪iːneo]
Verb
distineō (present infinitive distinēre, perfect active distinuī, supine distentum); second conjugation
- I hold or keep apart; divide, separate, split.
- (of the mind) I divide, split, distract, perplex.
- I hold off, keep back, hold up; detain, hinder, prevent.
- I occupy, engage, divert, employ.
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References
- “distineo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “distineo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- distineo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to feel acute pain: doloribus premi, angi, ardere, cruciari, distineri et divelli
- to feel acute pain: doloribus premi, angi, ardere, cruciari, distineri et divelli
- distineo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016