desido
λόγῳ ἀναλίσκω τὸν χρόνον τῆς ἡμέρας → waste the day in idle talk, consume the duration of the day with talk
Latin > English
desido desidere, desedi, - V :: sink/settle down, subside; sit down; defecate; be depressed; deteriorate
desido desido desidere, desidi, - V :: sink/settle down, subside; sit down; defecate; be depressed; deteriorate
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dē-sīdo: sēdi (de-sīdi, Cic. l. l. infra, Lamprid. Alex. Sev. 39, 7), 3, v. n., v. consido. —Of inanimate things, esp. of places,
I to sink, fall, or settle down.
I Prop.: tantos terrae motus factos esse, ut multa oppida corruerint, multis locis labes factae sint terraeque desiderint, Cic. Div. 1, 35 fin.; 1, 43, 97; Liv. 32, 9; and poet. of the apparent sinking of mountains to one flying aloft: Gargara desidunt surgenti, Stat. Th. 1, 549: ovum inane natat, plenum desidit, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 11; Just. 4, 1, 10: ex urina quod desidit album est, sediment, Cels. 2, 7: tumor ex toto desidit, id. 7, 18. —*
II Trop., to deteriorate, degenerate: desidentes mores, Liv. prooem. 9.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dēsīdō,¹³ sēdī, ĕre, intr.,
1 s’affaisser, s’abaisser : terra desedit Cic. Div. 1, 97, le sol s’est affaissé ( Liv. 32, 9 ); [en parl. de flots qui s’affaissent] Cic. Att. 2, 12, 3 || [médec.] se résoudre : tumor desidit Cels. Med. 7, 18, la tumeur se résorbe || [fig.] s’affaiblir : mores desidentes Liv. 1, pr. 9, 4 mœurs en décadence
2 s’enfoncer, aller au fond : Varro R. 3, 9, 11 ; Just. 4, 1, 10 || [méd.] déposer : Cels. Med. 2, 7. pf. desidi Cic. Div. 1, 78 (ms A).
Latin > German (Georges)
dē-sīdo, sēdī u. sīdī, ere, sich niedersenken, einsinken, sich setzen, ut terrae desiderint, Cic.: urbs desedit, Sen.: si (os et cartilago) fracta sunt, nares desidunt, Cels.: ex urina quod desidit, Cels.: relinquito in imo quod desedit, Cato: tumor ex toto desidit, Cels. – übtr., mores desidentes, sich zum Verfall neigende, Liv. praef. § 9: cum ad tertiam auri partem vectigal desidisset, gesunken war, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 39, 7.
