deserebat
Dictionary entries
- 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. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber III
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...poenam blandasque mortes gaudiumque crudele, quas nemo quondam deserebat auditas, fallax Vlixes dicitur reliquisse. Non miror: illud, Cassiane..."- P
Liber VI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...Tiberium corpus, iam vires, nondum dissimulatio deserebat: idem animi rigor; sermone ac vultu intentus quaesita interdum comitate quamvis..." - P
Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...Inguiomerum, tota volitantem acie, fortuna magis quam virtus deserebat. et Germanicus quo magis adgnosceretur detraxerat tegimen capitii orabatque..."