deustas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →deuro, deurere, deussi, deustus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
burn down/up/thoroughly, consume; destroy/wither/blast (of cold/serpent breath);
acc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber XL
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...montanorum Ligurum ab A. Postumio uineae caesae frumentaque deusta, donec cladibus omnibus belli coacti in deditionem uenerunt armaque..."Liber VI
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...exolvit. [6.45] Idem annus gravi igne urbem adficit, deusta parte circi quae Aventino contigua, ipsoque Aventino; quod damnum..."