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..."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..."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..."