deseruistis
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;
pl. perf. act. ind. 2nd - 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;
pl. perf. act. ind. 2nd - —
Syncopated perfect often drops the 'v' and contracts vowel
Examples
Heauton Timorumenos
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...loci conlocupletasti te, Antiphila, et me in his deseruisti malis, propter quam in summa infamia..."Amores I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...fera Threicii ceciderunt agmina Rhesi, et dominum capti deseruistis equi. nempe maritorum somnis utuntur amantes, et sua sopitis..."
