descivisset
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;
sg. pluperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber III
Aulus Gellius
"...satisque agerent Romani et pleraque Italia ad regem descivisset, tum Ambraciensis quispiam Timochares, regis Pyrri amicus..."Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...hosti obviam iretur, si a populo Romano palam descivisset, Vespasiani amicitiam studiumque partium praetendit, missis sane..."