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|lshtext=<b>dē-sĕro</b>: no<br /><b>I</b> perf., sĭtum, 3, v. a., to [[sow]], [[plant]]: desitis seminibus, Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 6.<br /><b>dē-sĕro</b>: rŭi, rtum, 3, v. a. Lit.,<br /><b>I</b> 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]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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. id. Verr. 2, 3, 51, and<br /> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</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.—<br /><b>II</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</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]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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]], id. Verr. 2, 5, 67 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</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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|gf=(1) <b>dēsĕrō</b>, sĕrŭī, [[sertum]], ĕre, tr., se séparer de, abandonner, délaisser : aliquem Cic. Q. 1, 3, 5, abandonner qqn ; agros Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 120, déserter les champs ; exercitum ducesque Cæs. C. 1, 76, 2, abandonner l’armée et les généraux &#124;&#124; abs<sup>t</sup>] déserter : Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 110 [douteux] ; Nep. Eum. 5, 1 ; Sen. Ira 2, 10, 1 ; Tac. Ann. 13, 35 ; Quint. 9, 4, 85 &#124;&#124; [fig.] abandonner, négliger, manquer à : [[officium]] Cic. Off. 1, 28, déserter son devoir ; [[Petreius]] [[non]] deserit [[sese]] Cæs. C. 1, 75, 2, Pétréius ne s’abandonne pas, ne désespère pas &#124;&#124; [droit] [[vadimonium]] deserere Cic. Cat. 2, 5, ne pas comparaître, faire défaut [litt<sup>t,</sup> abandonner la caution laissée entre les mains du magistrat pour garantir la promesse de se présenter en justice à une date fixée]; [sans [[vadimonium]] ] Quint. 3, 6, 78.<br />(2) <b>dēsĕrō</b>,⁷ sĭtum, ĕre, semer, [[Varro]] R. 1, 23, 6.||abs<sup>t</sup>] déserter : Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 110 [douteux] ; Nep. Eum. 5, 1 ; Sen. Ira 2, 10, 1 ; Tac. Ann. 13, 35 ; Quint. 9, 4, 85||[fig.] abandonner, négliger, manquer à : [[officium]] Cic. Off. 1, 28, déserter son devoir ; [[Petreius]] [[non]] deserit [[sese]] Cæs. C. 1, 75, 2, Pétréius ne s’abandonne pas, ne désespère pas||[droit] [[vadimonium]] deserere Cic. Cat. 2, 5, ne pas comparaître, faire défaut [litt<sup>t,</sup> abandonner la caution laissée entre les mains du magistrat pour garantir la promesse de se présenter en justice à une date fixée]; [sans [[vadimonium]] ] Quint. 3, 6, 78.<br />(2) <b>dēsĕrō</b>,⁷ sĭtum, ĕre, semer, [[Varro]] R. 1, 23, 6.
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