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
- C
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..." - P
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..."