deserta
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;
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. pl. perf. pass. part.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →desertus, deserta -um, desertior -or -us, desertissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
deserted, uninhabited, without people; solitary/lonely; forsaken; desert/waste;
abl. sg. (f.)acc. pl. (n.)nom. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. sg. (f.)voc. pl. (n.) - Entry →deserta, desertae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
abandoned/deserted wife;
abl. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg. - Entry →desertum, deserti:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
desert; wilderness (pl.); unfrequented places; desert places, wastes (L+S);
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
- P
Phormio
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...male factum. {So.} ego autem, quae essem anus deserta egens ignota, ut potui nuptum virginem locavi huic adulescenti..." - M
Liber X
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...Arabum populis Aegyptia ruraregni claustra Philae. mox te deserta secantem,qua iungunt nostrum rubro commercia ponto,mollis lapsus..." - M
Liber VIII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...super Herculeas fauces nemorosaque TempeHaemoniae deserta petens dispendia siluaecornipedem exhaustum cursu stimulisque negantemMagnus agens incerta fugae uestigia turbatinplicitasque..." - M
Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...Titan medium quo tempore ducitsub nostra tellure diem, deserta per aruacarpit iter. fidi scelerum suetique ministrieffractos circum tumulos..." - M
Liber V
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...quies pelagi, maestoque ignaua profundostagna iacentis aquae; ueluti deserta regenteaequora natura cessant, pontusque uetustasoblitus seruare uices non commeat..." - M
Liber III
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...ferrum; neque enim tibi turba uerenda estspectatrix scelerum: deserta stamus in urbe.non feret e nostro sceleratus praemia miles..." - M
Liber I
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...aequorfractaque ueliferi sonuerunt pondera mali, 500desilit in fluctus deserta puppe magisternauitaque et nondum sparsa conpage carinaenaufragium sibi quisque..." - P
Heauton Timorumenos
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...alio conferunt: nisi si prospectum interea aliquid est, desertae vivimus. vobis cum uno semel ubi aetatem agere decretumst..."
