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
- T
Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...fieri occeperim (mittam nuntium ad te), ne me deseras. Pyrg. Non est meum. Pal. Cogitato identidem, tibi quam..." - T
Captivi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...reliqueris, tuque te pro libero esse ducas, pignus deseras neque des operam pro me ut huius reducem facias..." - T
Bacchides
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quaeso, pater, ne me, in stultitia si deliqui, deseras. ego animo cupido atque oculis indomitis fui; persuasumst facere..." - P
Andria
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...sunt constitutae nuptiae. tum autem hoc timet, ne deseras se. PA. hem egone istuc conari queam? egon propter..."
