deseras
Dictionary entries
- Entry →desero, deserere, desevi, desatus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Field:
- Agriculture
plant, sow;
sg. pluperf. act. ind. 2nd - Entry →desero, deserere, deserui, desertus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
leave/depart/quit/desert; forsake/abandon/give up; withdraw support, let down;; cease to be concerned with; fail/fall short; (PASS w/ABL) be without/deprived;; plant, sow;
sg. pres. act. subj. 2nd - —
Syncopated perfect often drops the 'v' and contracts vowel
Examples
Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...fieri occeperim (mittam nuntium ad te), ne me deseras. Pyrg. Non est meum. Pal. Cogitato identidem, tibi quam..."Captivi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...reliqueris, tuque te pro libero esse ducas, pignus deseras neque des operam pro me ut huius reducem facias..."Bacchides
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quaeso, pater, ne me, in stultitia si deliqui, deseras. ego animo cupido atque oculis indomitis fui; persuasumst facere..."Andria
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...sunt constitutae nuptiae. tum autem hoc timet, ne deseras se. PA. hem egone istuc conari queam? egon propter..."
