distinguo

English

Etymology

From Latin distinguo (“I distinguish”).

Noun

distinguo (plural distinguos)

  1. A distinction.
    • 1948, CS Lewis, ‘Notes on the Way’:
      We are told that the lady was silenced: yet it could be maintained that Jane Austen has not allowed Bingley to put forward the full strength of his position. He ought to have replied with a distinguo.

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /disˈtin.ɡwo/

Verb

distinguo

  1. first-person singular indicative present of distinguere

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From dis- +‎ stinguō.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /disˈtin.ɡʷoː/, [dɪsˈtɪŋ.ɡʷoː]

Verb

distinguō (present infinitive distinguere, perfect active distīnxī, supine distīnctum); third conjugation

  1. I distinguish, separate, divide or part
    • 426 CE, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis, City of God 15.8:
      Sed pertinuit ad Deum, quo ista inspirante conscripta sunt, has duas societates suis diuersis generationibus primitus digerere atque distinguere […]
      But it suited the purpose of God, by whose inspiration these histories were composed, to arrange and distinguish from the first these two societies in their several generations […]
  2. I adorn or decorate

Inflection
   Conjugation of distinguo (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present distinguō distinguis distinguit distinguimus distinguitis distinguunt
imperfect distinguēbam distinguēbās distinguēbat distinguēbāmus distinguēbātis distinguēbant
future distinguam distinguēs distinguet distinguēmus distinguētis distinguent
perfect distīnxī distīnxistī distīnxit distīnximus distīnxistis distīnxērunt, distīnxēre
pluperfect distīnxeram distīnxerās distīnxerat distīnxerāmus distīnxerātis distīnxerant
future perfect distīnxerō distīnxeris distīnxerit distīnxerimus distīnxeritis distīnxerint
passive present distinguor distingueris, distinguere distinguitur distinguimur distinguiminī distinguuntur
imperfect distinguēbar distinguēbāris, distinguēbāre distinguēbātur distinguēbāmur distinguēbāminī distinguēbantur
future distinguar distinguēris, distinguēre distinguētur distinguēmur distinguēminī distinguentur
perfect distīnctus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect distīnctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect distīnctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present distinguam distinguās distinguat distinguāmus distinguātis distinguant
imperfect distinguerem distinguerēs distingueret distinguerēmus distinguerētis distinguerent
perfect distīnxerim distīnxerīs distīnxerit distīnxerimus distīnxeritis distīnxerint
pluperfect distīnxissem distīnxissēs distīnxisset distīnxissēmus distīnxissētis distīnxissent
passive present distinguar distinguāris, distinguāre distinguātur distinguāmur distinguāminī distinguantur
imperfect distinguerer distinguerēris, distinguerēre distinguerētur distinguerēmur distinguerēminī distinguerentur
perfect distīnctus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect distīnctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — distingue — — distinguite —
future — distinguitō distinguitō — distinguitōte distinguuntō
passive present — distinguere — — distinguiminī —
future — distinguitor distinguitor — — distinguuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives distinguere distīnxisse distīnctūrus esse distinguī distīnctus esse distīnctum īrī
participles distinguēns — distīnctūrus — distīnctus distinguendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
distinguere distinguendī distinguendō distinguendum distīnctum distīnctū

Descendants

References
  • distinguo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • distinguo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • distinguo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to furnish a book with notes, additional extracts, marks of punctuation: librum annotare, interpolare, distinguere
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