desidere
Dictionary entries
- Entry →desideo, desidere, desedi, desessus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
sit; settle down; remain seated/sitting; loiter/hang about, be idle/slothful;; settle (sediment); defecate; deteriorate, degenerate; remain inactive (L+S);
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin. - Entry →desido, desidere, desedi, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
sink/settle down, subside; sit down; defecate; be depressed; deteriorate;
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndsg. fut. pass. ind. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin. - Entry →desido, desidere, desidi, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
sink/settle down, subside; sit down; defecate; be depressed; deteriorate;
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndpl. perf. act. ind. 3rdsg. fut. pass. ind. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin.
Examples
- T
Bacchides
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...meus formidat animus, nostrum tam diu ibi desidere neque redire filium. CHRYS. Extexam ego illum pulchre..." - P
Eunuchus
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...absens ut sies; dies noctesque me ames, me desideres, me somnies, me exspectes, de me cogites, me speres..." - A
Liber VII
Aulus Gellius
"...Proinde" inquit "homines stulti cur non hoc etiam desiderant, ut veritas sit et non sit mendacium? Namque itidem..." - L
Liber XX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...petierimus. Nihil enim,mi Lucili, interest utrum non desideres an habeas. Summa rei in utroque eadem..." - L
Liber XIX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...fortunae, sed in quem nihil. Ita est: nihil desideres oportet si vis Iovem provocare nihil desiderantem.' Haec nobis..." - L
Liber XVI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...quamvis effusa sit; non est perspicua sed pura. 'Desideres' inquis 'contra vitia aliquid aspere dici, contra pericula animose..." - L
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...praescripto. Utrum deinde manifesta an dubia praecipies? Non desiderant manifesta monitorem, praecipienti dubia non creditur; supervacuum est ergo..." - T
Trinummus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quod in manu teneas atque oculis videas, id desideres. litteris recomminiscar. est principium nomini. CH. Callias..."
