deserui
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;
sg. perf. act. ind. 1st - Entry →deservio, deservire, deservivi, deservitus:
Verb · 4th conjugation · Taking Dative
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
serve; devote oneself to (interest/job); be subject to; be of service/use to;
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
Phoenissae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...uitae ac necis Meae penes me est. Regna deserui libens; Regnum mei retineo. Si fida es comes, Ensem..."Agamemnon
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...more coetus publicos uirgo petis? [El.] Adulterorum uirgo deserui domum. [Cl.] Quis esse credat uirginem—[El.] Gnatam tuam..."Medea
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...secare membra non reuicturi senis: [aliena quaerens regna, deserui mea] per spes tuorum liberum et certum larem..."Liber III
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...iussus ab imperatore": "dona templi cogenti tyranno dedi": "deserui tempestatibus, fluminibus, valetudine impeditus..."Liber II
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...gremium reuocatis cuius quisque eorum uelit libri lectione deseruiant. Nam mihi cum facilius, tum etiam multo uidetur magis..."XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...castra pertulit, non arma proieci, non stationes vallumque deserui; totam orbitatem meam in bella converti, tamquam liberos meos..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...cupiens solacia casus monstriferae Calydonis opes Acheloiaque arua deserui; uestris haec me ecce in finibus ingens nox operit..."