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
- M
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..." - P
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..." - T
Liber IX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...quas servando patriam servamus, dedendo ad necem patriam deserimus [ac prodimus]. At foeda atque ignominiosa deditio..." - T
Liber V
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...obsessam ex hostium manibus eripuimus, si reciperatam ipsi deserimus? Et cum victoribus Gallis capta tota urbe Capitolium tamen..."
