1. dē-sĕro — Lewis & Short
dē-sĕro, no
I perf., sĭtum, 3, v. a., to sow, plant:
desitis seminibus,Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 6.
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desero2
desero2
perf., sĭtum, 3, v. a., to sow, plant: desitis seminibus, Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 6
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What it meant
2. dē-sĕro — Lewis & Short
dē-sĕro, rŭi, rtum, 3, v. a.Lit.,
I to undo or sever one's connection with another; hence, with esp. reference to the latter, to leave, forsake, abandon, desert, give up (cf. derelinquere; more restricted in signif. than relinquere, which denotes, in general, to depart from, to leave any one. Deserere, orig. in milit. lang., implies a cowardly running away; frequently used with prodere; also in the flg. phrase: deserere vitam; and later, absol. in the sense of to desert, etc.; cf. also: linquere, destituere, deficere, discedere—freq. and class.).
I Lit.
A In gen.:
ut jurent omnes, se exercitum ducesque non deserturos neque prodituros,Caes. B. C. 1, 76, 2; cf. id. ib. 2, 32, 7:
deseritur a suis Varus,id. ib. 1, 13, 3; cf. id. ib. 1, 15, 3; id. B. G. 5, 3, 6 al.:
pignus,Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 75 et saep.:
te amantem non deseram,id. Ps. 1, 1, 101; cf. id. Mil. 4, 8, 53 et saep.:
cum amici partim deseruerint me, partim etiam prodiderint,Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 5:
me deseruisti ac dereliquisti,id. Planc. 5, 13; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 51, and v. the foll.:
Avaricum,Caes. B. G. 7, 30, 2; cf.:
cunctis oppidis castellisque desertis,id. ib. 2, 29:
fratrem ne desere frater,Verg. A. 10, 600:
thalamos ne desere pactos,id. ib. 10, 649:
bellum,Just. 5, 2, 10:
victoriam,id. 14, 3, 6:
milites insepultos,Curt. 5, 13, 3:
metu locum,Tac. A. 1, 65 et saep.—
B Absol., in milit. lang., to desert, Nep. Eum. 5, 1; Sen. de Ira, 2, 10, 1; Tac. A. 13, 35; Quint. 9, 2, 85; Amm. Marc. 31, 7, 4; Dig. 49, 16, 3, § 7 sq. al.—
II Trop., to leave, desert, abandon:
Petreius non deserit sese, armat familiam, etc.,Caes. B. C. 1, 75, 2:
suum jus,Cic. Caecin. 35 fin.; cf.:
desertarum derelictarumque rerum patrocinium suscipere,id. N. D. 1, 5, 11:
preces, promissa, spem, obsecrationem et fideles litteras alicujus,id. Att. 3, 19, 2:
causam,id. Sull. 20, 58; cf.:
desertam ac proditam causam queri,Liv. 2, 54:
ullam officii partem,Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 24; cf.
officium (with praetermittere defensionem),id. Off. 1, 9: susceptum officium, Caes. B. C. 3, 18:
vitam,Cic. Sest. 22 fin.; cf. id. de Sen. 20, 72:
deditionem,Sall. J. 70, 1:
studia sapientiae,Quint. 12, 2, 8:
viam virtutis,Hor. Od. 3, 24, 44:
vestigia Graeca,id. A. P. 287:
fastidiosam copiam,id. Od. 3, 29, 9.—
2 Esp., leg. t. t.:
vadimonia deserere,to forfeit recognizance, fail to appear, Cic. Cat. 2, 3, 5; id. Quint. 23, 75 et saep.—So absol.:
deserui, tempestatibus impeditus,Quint. 3, 6, 78.—
B Of subjects not personal, to fail, forsake, etc.:
genua hunc cursorem deserunt,Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 13; cf.:
aliquem corpus, vires,Tac. A. 6, 50:
donec te deseret aetas,Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 10:
me lucerna,Cic. Att. 7, 7 fin.:
fama Curium Fabricium,id. Tusc. 1, 46, § 110; cf.:
nec facundia deseret hunc nec lucidus ordo,Hor. A. P. 41 et saep.— Poet.:
mensa deserit toros,is removed from, Ov. H. 12, 52.—Pass.:
deseremur potius a re familiari, quam a republica,Cic. Att. 16, 3; cf. Caes. B. G. 5, 34, 2; Cic. Att. 3, 15:
a tribunitia voce,id. Clu. 40, 110; Vell. 2, 80; Just. 2, 4, 29 al.; and poet. with simple abl.:
deseror conjuge,Ov. H. 12, 161; Prop. 2, 7, 17:
desertus viribus leo,Phaedr. 1, 21, 3; Stat. Th. 4, 707; cf.
suis,Tac. A. 3, 20 fin.; Suet. Cal. 12.— With gen.:
deserta natorum,Stat. Th. 5, 608.—Hence, dēsertus, a, um, P. a., deserted; esp. of places, desert, solitary, waste.
A Adj. (cf.:
vastus, inanis, solitarius): in locis desertis,Caes. B. G. 5, 53, 4:
urbes dirutae ac pene desertae,Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 8:
deserta via et inculta,id. Cael. 18:
frequens an desertus locus,Quint. 5, 10, 37:
terra,Vulg. Lev. 26, 33 et saep.—Of objects in solitary places:
stipes,Tib. 1, 1, 12 (21 M.):
arbores,Prop. 1, 20, 36.—Subst.: dē-serta, ae, f., the abandoned wife:
multi filii desertae,Vulg. Gal. 4, 27.—Comp.:
reditus desertior,Cic. Pis. 23, 55:
nihil turpius ac desertius,id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5.—Sup.:
orae desertissimae,id. Sest. 22, 50:
solitudo,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67 al.—
B Since the Aug. per. subst.: dēserta, ōrum, n., desert places, deserts, wastes, Verg. E. 6, 81; id. G. 3, 342; Plin. 5, 4, 4, § 26 al.—With gen.:
Libyae deserta,Verg. A. 1, 384; so id. G. 3, 291; Front. Strat. 1, 7, 7; Vulg. Isa. 52, 9 al.—In sing.: dēsertum, i, n. (eccl. Lat.):
in deserto,Prud. Apoth. 774; Hier. Ep. 125, 2; Vulg. Num. 1, 1; Luc. 3, 2 et saep.
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