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Latin
Etymology
From dē- (“away, from”) + serō (“I bind, join”).
Pronunciation
Verb
dēserō (present infinitive dēserere, perfect active dēseruī, supine dēsertum); third conjugation
- to leave, depart, desert, quit
- Synonyms: proficīscor, ēgredior, abeō, exeō, ēvādō
- to forsake, abandon, give up
- Synonyms: relinquō, omittō, dēdō, concēdō, dēcēdō, dēsum, reddō, remittō, dēstituō, linquō, dēsinō, dēficiō, oblīvīscor, trānsmittō, dēspondeō, cēdō, permittō, dissimulō, trādō, addīcō, praetereō, neglegō, pōnō, tribuō
- to let down
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References
- “desero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “desero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- desero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to deviate from the path of virtue: honestatem deserere
- to fulfil one's duty in every detail: nullam officii partem deserere
- to neglect one's duty: officium suum deserere, neglegere
- to leave fertile ground untilled: agros fertiles deserere
- to have a taste for agriculture: agriculturae studere (opp. agriculturam deserere)
- to give up the fight: proelium deserere
- (ambiguous) to be abandoned by good luck: a fortuna desertum, derelictum esse
Old High German
Adjective
desero
- inflection of dese:
- feminine dative singular
- genitive plural