desuetos
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. (m.) - 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

Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from ACHILLEID
"...surgens Nereis; erumpit silvis—dant gaudia vires— notaque desueto crepuit senis ungula campo. tunc blandus dextra atque imos..."Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...secuti fuerant. Id aliquamdiu aequavit pugnam iam pridem desueto Samnite clamorem Romani exercitus pati; et hercule illo..."
