desolata
Dictionary entries
- Entry →desolatus, desolata, desolatum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Stelten (Ecclesiastical Latin)
- Age:
- Later
desolate; empty;
abl. sg. (f.)acc. pl. (n.)nom. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. sg. (f.)voc. pl. (n.) - Entry →desolo, desolare, desolavi, desolatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
forsake/abandon/desert; leave alone/without; empty of people; deprive/rob;
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. pl. perf. pass. part.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...femina cesset, non puer aut aevo iam desolata senectus; ipsa tremat tellus lacerataque tecta rebellent. Tu legem, Marcelle..."XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...atque aetas semel sternitur. exhausta est civitas et desolatae domus, triste florentis quondam fortunae indicium laxi muri. quam..."
Liber Decimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...proceres, ut quisque perempto proximus, et magnis loca desolata tuentur regibus, haud laeti seque huc creuisse dolentes..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...fatis praestabat. an illud lene magis cordi quod desolata domorum tecta uides, ignique datis cultoribus omnis lucet ager..."Metamorphoses XIV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Redditus orbis erat; quem postquam vidit inanem et desolatas agere alta silentia terras, Deucalion lacrimis ita Pyrrham adfatur..."Metamorphoses I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Redditus orbis erat; quem postquam vidit inanem et desolatas agere alta silentia terras, Deucalion lacrimis ita Pyrrham adfatur..."Liber X
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...corrigi posse. Certe satis constat prope iam desolata templa coepisse celebrari, et sacra sollemnia diu intermissa repeti passimque..."
