scindo

Italian

Verb

scindo

1. first-person singular present indicative of scindere

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *skindō, from Proto-Indo-European *skinédti ~ *skindénti (“to split, to dissect”). Cognate with Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhízō).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈskin.doː/, [ˈs̠kɪn̪d̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈʃin.do/, [ˈʃin̪d̪o]

Verb

scindō (present infinitive scindere, perfect active scidī, supine scissum); third conjugation

1. to cut, tear

   Synonym: dīripiō

2. to rend or break asunder; carve; split, divide or separate by force

   Synonyms: dīscindō, carpō, findō, discerpō, distineō, discīdō, incīdō, intercīdō, distrahō

   Antonyms: cōgō, congerō, coniungō, contrahō

3. to tear off one's travelling cloak; urge or press one to stay
4. to part, separate, divide
5. to destroy
6. to distract, agitate, disturb

Conjugation

Note that the perfect active indicative can be reduplicated to form scicidī.

Conjugation of scindō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	scindō	scindis	scindit	scindimus	scinditis	scindunt
	imperfect	scindēbam	scindēbās	scindēbat	scindēbāmus	scindēbātis	scindēbant
	future	scindam	scindēs	scindet	scindēmus	scindētis	scindent
	perfect	scidī	scidistī	scidit	scidimus	scidistis	scidērunt, scidēre
	pluperfect	scideram	sciderās	sciderat	sciderāmus	sciderātis	sciderant
	future perfect	sciderō	scideris	sciderit	sciderimus	scideritis	sciderint
passive	present	scindor	scinderis, scindere	scinditur	scindimur	scindiminī	scinduntur
	imperfect	scindēbar	scindēbāris, scindēbāre	scindēbātur	scindēbāmur	scindēbāminī	scindēbantur
	future	scindar	scindēris, scindēre	scindētur	scindēmur	scindēminī	scindentur
	perfect	scissus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	scissus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	scissus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	scindam	scindās	scindat	scindāmus	scindātis	scindant
	imperfect	scinderem	scinderēs	scinderet	scinderēmus	scinderētis	scinderent
	perfect	sciderim	sciderīs	sciderit	sciderīmus	sciderītis	sciderint
	pluperfect	scidissem	scidissēs	scidisset	scidissēmus	scidissētis	scidissent
passive	present	scindar	scindāris, scindāre	scindātur	scindāmur	scindāminī	scindantur
	imperfect	scinderer	scinderēris, scinderēre	scinderētur	scinderēmur	scinderēminī	scinderentur
	perfect	scissus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	scissus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	scinde	—	—	scindite	—
	future	—	scinditō	scinditō	—	scinditōte	scinduntō
passive	present	—	scindere	—	—	scindiminī	—
	future	—	scinditor	scinditor	—	—	scinduntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		scindere	scidisse	scissūrum esse	scindī	scissum esse	scissum īrī
participles		scindēns	—	scissūrus	—	scissus	scindendus, scindundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		scindendī	scindendō	scindendum	scindendō	scissum	scissū

Derived terms

• abscindō
• circumscindō
• cōnscindō
• dēscindō
• discindō
• exscindō
• interscindō
• praescindō
• perscindō
• prōscindō
• rescindō
• scindula
• scissilis
• scissim
• scissiō
• scissus

Descendants

• Catalan: escindir
• French: scinder
• Italian: scindere
• Portuguese: cindir
• Romanian: scinda
• Spanish: escindir
• English: exscind

References

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