Latin

Verb

dēserō ‎(present infinitive dēserere, perfect active dēseruī, supine dēsertum); third conjugation

1. I leave, depart, desert, quit
2. I forsake, abandon, give up
3. I let down

Inflection

Descendants

• English: desert

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “desero”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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