desidete
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);
pl. pres. act. imp. 2nd
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..."- G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...pendentem supremoque mandaverunt officio. At miles circumscriptus dum desidet, ut postero die vidit unam sine cadavere crucem, veritus..." - G
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..."