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desimus

Dictionary entries

  • desum, desse, defui, defuturus:

    Verb · Compounds Of To Be

    Frequency:
    Lesser
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
    Age:
    Early
    Field:
    Poetry

    = be wanting/lacking; fail/miss; abandon/desert, neglect; be away/absent/missing;

    Entry →
    pl. pres. act. subj. 1st

Examples

  • L

    Libri XIV-XV

    Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM

    "...manu effingerentur. Haec inventa sunt postquam sapientem invenire desimus. 'Democritus' inquit 'invenisse dicitur fornicem, ut lapidum curvatura paulatim..."
  • L

    Liber VI

    Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM

    "...nobis indixere deliciae, et quod diu noluimus posse desimus. Mihi tamen necessarium erat concutere corpus, ut, sive bilis..."

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