desis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →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;
sg. pres. act. subj. 2nd
Examples
- A
Liber I
Aulus Gellius
"...superfuturum. Verum id quidem fieri non potest; ne desis, omnes te rogamus." Exquisite igitur et comperte Iulius Paulus..." - Q
Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...credo, quod nimium institerat viventi. cautus adito neu desis operae neve immoderatus abundes. difficilem et morosum offendet garrulus..." - T
Liber XXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...omnia sint; armatus intentusque sis; neque occasioni tuae desis neque suam occasionem hosti des. Omnia non properanti clara..."