desidet
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. act. ind. 3rd - 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. fut. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber III
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...uolsa modos; inter femineas tota qui luce cathedras desidet atque aliqua semper in aure sonat; qui legit hinc..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...pendentem supremoque mandaverunt officio. At miles circumscriptus dum desidet, ut postero die vidit unam sine cadavere crucem, veritus..."Liber II
Gaius Phaedrus from FABVLARVM AESOPIARVM LIBRI QVINQVE
"...pavorem simulans prospicit toto die.ruinam metuens aquila ramis desidet:aper rapinam vitans non prodit foras.quid multa? inedia sunt..."
