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
Liber I
Aulus Gellius
"...superfuturum. Verum id quidem fieri non potest; ne desis, omnes te rogamus." Exquisite igitur et comperte Iulius Paulus..."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..."Liber XXII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...omnia sint; armatus intentusque sis; neque occasioni tuae desis neque suam occasionem hosti des. Omnia non properanti clara..."