desuetas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →desuetus, desueta, desuetum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
disaccustomed; that has fallen out of use or become unfamiliar;
acc. pl. (f.) - Entry →desuesco, desuescere, desuevi, desuetus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
forget/unlearn; become/be unaccustomed to; disaccustom; lay aside custom/habit;
acc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
- M
Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...omnis 235concussit mentes scelerumque reduxit amorem.sic, ubi desuetae siluis in carcere clausomansueuere ferae et uoltus posuere minacesatque hominem..." 
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...atque inserit ensem. ut fera, quae rabiem placido desueta magistro tardius arma mouet stimulisque et uerbere crebro..."- P
Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...residesque movebit Tullus in arma viros et iam desueta triumphis agmina. quem iuxta sequitur iactantior Ancus nunc quoque..." - P
Metamorphoses VII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...murmur erat, vocesque hominum exaudire videbar iam mihi desuetas; dum suspicor has quoque somni esse, venit Telamon properus..."