Italian

Adjective

diserto m ‎(feminine singular diserta, masculine plural diserti, feminine plural diserte) (archaic, literary)

1. forsaken, abandoned, deserted
   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier (1994), Canto XXVI, p. 388, vv. 100-102:

     «[...] misi me per l'alto mare aperto ¶ sol con un legno e con quella compagna ¶ picciola dalla qual non fui diserto. [...]»

     «[...] I put forth on the high open sea ¶ with one sole ship, and that small company ¶ by which I never had deserted been. [...]»

2. (figuratively, of people) undone, ruined
   • 1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, Decamerone, Tommaso Hedlin (1527), page 209:

     Per certo, diſſe Calandrino, egli è coſì, di che io ſon diſerto & non ſo come io mi torni a caſa, [...]

     «Certes,» replied Calandrino, «it is so, more by token that I am undone and know not how I shall return home, [...]»

3. Archaic form of deserto.
   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Purgatorio, Bompiani (2001), Canto I, p. 18 vv. 130-132:

     Venimmo poi in sul lito diserto ¶ che mai non vide navicar sue acque ¶ uomo che di tornar sia poscia esperto.

     Then came we down upon the desert shore ¶ which never yet saw navigate its waters ¶ any that afterward had known return.

Etymology 2

From Latin dēsertum, substantivized neuter form of dēsertus, perfect passive participle of dēserō ‎(“I forsake, abandon”).

Noun

diserto m ‎(plural diserti) (literary)

1. Archaic form of deserto.
   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier (1994), Canto I, p. 11, vv. 64-66:

     Quando vidi costui nel gran diserto», ¶ «Miserere di me», gridai a lui, ¶ «qual che tu sii, od ombra od omo certo!»

     When I beheld him in the desert vast, ¶ «Have pity on me», unto him I cried, ¶ «whiche'er thou art, or shade or real man!»

Etymology 3

From Latin disertus ‎(“eloquent”), from dissertus, past participle form of disserō ‎(“I arrange, explain”).

Adjective

diserto m ‎(feminine singular diserta, masculine plural diserti, feminine plural diserte) (archaic, literary)

1. eloquent, well-spoken
2. (of speech) eloquent, persuasive
   • 1825, Vincenzo Monti (translator), Iliade, Giovanni Resnati e Gius. Bernardoni di Gio. (1840), p. 324, Libro XV, vv. 342-344:

     [...] pochi in arringhe lo vincean, se gara ¶ fra giovani nascea nella bell'arte ¶ del diserto parlar. [...]

     [...] few could surpass him in debate, whenever ¶ competition arose among the young men on the fine art ¶ of eloquent speech. [...]

Etymology 4

Inflected form of disertare.

Verb

diserto

1. first-person singular present indicative of disertare

diserto m ‎(feminine singular diserta, masculine plural diserti, feminine plural diserte)

1. Archaic form of disertato, past participle of disertare

Anagrams

• detorsi
• disterò
• ordiste
• ridesto, ridestò
• rodesti

Latin

Adjective

disertō

1. dative masculine singular of disertus
2. dative neuter singular of disertus
3. ablative masculine singular of disertus
4. ablative neuter plural of disertus

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diˈserto/, [d̪iˈsert̪o]

Etymology 1

From Latin disertus ‎(“skilled in speech”, “eloquent”), from disserō ‎(“I examine, argue, discuss”).

Adjective

diserto m ‎(feminine singular diserta, masculine plural disertos, feminine plural disertas)

1. skilled in speaking, eloquent

Related terms

• disertación
• disertar

Etymology 2

Verb

diserto

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of disertar.