desum, desse, defui, defuturus:
Verb · 5th conjugation · variant: 1st · Compounds of “to be”
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Age:
- Early
- Field:
- Poetry
be wanting/lacking; fail/miss; abandon/desert, neglect; be away/absent/missing;
Conjugations
Finite Forms
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | desum | desumus |
| 2 | des | destis |
| 3 | dest | desunt |
Infinitives
| Voice | Tense | Forms |
|---|---|---|
| active | present | desse |
| active | future | dfore |
| active | perfect | defuisse |
Imperatives
active
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | des | deste |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | desto | destote |
| 3 | desto | desunto |
Participles
Perfect Passive Participle
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | defutus | defuti |
| Gen. | defuti | defutorum |
| Dat. | defuto | — |
| Acc. | defutum | defutos |
| Voc. | defute | defuti |
| Abl. | defuto | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | defuta | defutae |
| Gen. | defutae | defutarum |
| Dat. | defutae | — |
| Acc. | defutam | defutas |
| Voc. | defuta | defutae |
| Abl. | defuta | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | defutum | defuta |
| Gen. | defuti | defutorum |
| Dat. | defuto | — |
| Acc. | defutum | defuta |
| Voc. | defutum | defuta |
| Abl. | defuto | — |
Supines
accusative: defutum; ablative: defutu
Examples
Liber Octavus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...hunc quasso moenibus ignem. nec tibi digna, soror, desum ad conubia frater primus et ecce fero quatioque hanc..."Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...neque enim, cum lectulus aut me porticus excepit, desum mihi. 'rectius hoc est; hoc faciens vivam melius..."