desciscentem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →descisco, desciscere, descivi, descitus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
desert/defect/revolt; deviate/abandon standard/principle; degenerate; fall away;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Res Gestae I
Caesar Augustus from Res Gestae Divi Augusti
"...mihi privignus erat. Et eandem gentem postea desciscentem et rebellantem domitam per Gaium filium meum regi Ariobarzani regis..."Liber XVI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...nimium mitis ad eam diem patres, qui Thraseam desciscentem, qui generum eius Helvidium Priscum in isdem furoribus, simul..."