scindo

== Italian == === Verb === scindo 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): [ˈskɪn.doː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈʃin.do] === Verb === scindō (present infinitive scindere, perfect active scidī or scicidī, supine scissum); third conjugation to cut, tear Synonym: dīripiō 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 to tear off one's travelling cloak; urge or press one to stay to part, separate, divide to destroy to distract, agitate, disturb ==== Conjugation ==== Note that the perfect stem can be reduplicated, as in scicidī. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== 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.