desertorum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →desertor, desertoris:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
deserter; one who abandons/forsakes (duty); fugitive; turncoat (L+S); runaway;
gen. pl. - 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;
gen. pl. perf. pass. part.gen. 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;
gen. pl. (m.)gen. pl. (n.) - Entry →desertum, deserti:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
desert; wilderness (pl.); unfrequented places; desert places, wastes (L+S);
gen. pl.
Examples
Divus Iulius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...neque observabat omnia neque pro modo exsequebatur, sed desertorum ac seditiosorum et inquisitor et punitor acerrimus conivebat..."Liber VI
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...collaudantur: qui ex his secuti non sunt, in desertorum ac proditorum numero ducuntur, omniumque his rerum postea fides..."Liber IV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...itineribus pergit. Iam eo fama pugnae adversae castrorumque desertorum perlata erat, et ante omnia deplorati erant equites..."
