deserimus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →desero, deserere, desevi, desatus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Field:
- Agriculture
plant, sow;
pl. futperf. act. ind. 1stpl. perf. act. subj. 1st - 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;
pl. pres. act. ind. 1st - —
Syncopated perfect often drops the 'v' and contracts vowel
Examples
Liber II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...tarditatem. Itaque et stratum militari labore iter saepe deserimus compendio ducti, et si rectum limitem rupti torrentibus pontes..."Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...cuncti dicto paremus ovantes. hanc quoque deserimus sedem paucisque relictis vela damus vastumque cava trabe currimus aequor. Postquam..."Liber IX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...quas servando patriam servamus, dedendo ad necem patriam deserimus [ac prodimus]. At foeda atque ignominiosa deditio..."Liber V
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...obsessam ex hostium manibus eripuimus, si reciperatam ipsi deserimus? Et cum victoribus Gallis capta tota urbe Capitolium tamen..."
