desertis
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. pl. perf. pass. part.dat. 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. pl. (all)dat. pl. (all) - Entry →deserta, desertae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
abandoned/deserted wife;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl. - Entry →desertum, deserti:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
desert; wilderness (pl.); unfrequented places; desert places, wastes (L+S);
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
Satura VII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...foedum alii nec turpe putarent praecones fieri, cum desertis Aganippes uallibus esuriens migraret in atria Clio..."Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...omne studium et liberalia professi sine ulla frequentia desertis angulis praesident; in rhetorum ac philosophorum scholis solitudo..."Libri XI-XIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...quia tantum suburbani agri possidet quantum invidiose in desertis Apuliae possideret: cum omnia dixeris, pauper est. Quare? quia..."Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...ille? carmine in terras mago descendat astris Luna desertis licet et bruma messes uideat et cantu fugax stet..."Medea
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...omne monstrum. tracta magicis cantibus squamifera latebris turba desertis adest. hic saeua serpens corpus immensum trahit trifidamque linguam..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...orbata est avibus, mutoque in litore tantum solae desertis adspirant frondibus aurae. Nec minor in Campo furor..."Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...quod isokolon dicitur. "Si, quantum in agro locisque desertis audacia potest, tantum in foro atque iudiciis impudentia valeret..."Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...longe alio pacto gannitu vocis adulant, et cum deserti baubantur in aedibus, aut cum plorantis fugiunt summisso corpore..."
