desum
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;
sg. pres. act. ind. 1st
Examples

Liber Octavus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...hunc quasso moenibus ignem. nec tibi digna, soror, desum ad conubia frater primus et ecce fero quatioque hanc..."Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...neque enim, cum lectulus aut me porticus excepit, desum mihi. 'rectius hoc est; hoc faciens vivam melius..."
