desumus
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. ind. 1st
Examples
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...gauisa Polyxo fortunam atque iterat: "superisne uocantibus ultro desumus? ecce rates! deus hos, deus ultor in iras apportat..."In Catilinam I
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...auctoritas huius ordinis; nos, nos, dico aperte, consules desumus. [4] II. Decrevit quondam senatus, ut L. Opimius consul..."