desilit
Dictionary entries
- Entry →desilio, desilire, desilivi, desultus:
Verb · 4th conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
leap/jump down, dismount, alight; (chariot); jump headlong, venture heedlessly;
sg. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples

Liber Sextus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...constrictos occupat ira. ipse recollectis audax Ariasmenus armis desilit. illum acies curvae secat undique falcis partiturque rotis atque..."
Liber Secundus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...undantem turbine pinum adglomerat tenebras pugnaeque accincta trementem desilit in Lemnon. nimbis et luce fragosa prosequitur polus..."
Liber Duodecimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...ruptis nubibus et solem primis aspexit in armis, desilit in campum, qui subter moenia nudos adseruat manes, dirisque..."
Liber Nonus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...indignatur habenas. semifer aeria talis Centaurus ab Ossa desilit in ualles: ipsum nemora alta tremescunt, campus equum. trepidi..."
Liber Octavus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...Menoecea lapsus fallit Atys: praeuertit equos curruque citato desilit: instabat pubes Tegeaea iacenti, nec prohibent Tyrii. 'pudeat, Cadmea..."
Liber Septimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...soluit hiems, aut uicta situ non pertulit aetas, desilit horrendus campo timor, arua uirosque limite non uno longaeuaque..."Aeneid XII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...inane secutus sistit equos biiugis et curru desilit atque semianimi lapsoque supervenit, et pede collo impresso dextrae mucronem..."Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...busti exstruit ipse sui necdum omni sanguine fuso desilit in flammas et, dum licet, occupat ignes. colla ducum..."
