desolatus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →desolatus, desolata, desolatum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Stelten (Ecclesiastical Latin)
- Age:
- Later
desolate; empty;
nom. sg. (m.) - 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;
nom. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber XII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...misericordiae fuit quem non Britannici fortuna maerore adficeret. desolatus paulatim etiam servilibus ministeriis perintem pestiva novercae officia..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...legio rediere: nonanus opperiendas Tiberii epistulas clamitaverat, mox desolatus aliorum discessione imminentem necessitatem sponte praevenit. et Drusus..."Liber IV
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...liberis superest, domumque pluribus adminiculis paulo ante fundatam desolatus fulcit ac sustinet. Magno tamen fomento dolor meus acquiescit..."
