deste
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;
pl. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
- M
Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...emit 95exiguam Cererem. pro lucri pallida tabes!non dest prolato ieiunus uenditor auro.iam tumuli collesque latent, iam flumina..." Liber VII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Quid Nerone peius? Quid thermis melius Neronianis? Non dest protinus, ecce, de malignis qui sic rancidulo loquatur..."Liber I
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...opus est digito: totum tibi Ceston habeto, si dest nil aliud, Mamuriane, tibi. Sed si nec focus..."- L
Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...arsisse satis est—pars quota in cineres abit? dest terra tumulis, iam rogos siluae negant. non uota..."