the abandoned wife

dē-sĕro, no perf., sĭtum, 3, v. a., to sow, plant:

desitis seminibus,

Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 6.

dē-sĕro, rŭi, rtum, 3, v. a. Lit., 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.).

Lit.

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 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.—

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.

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. —

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.

dē-sĕro, no perf., sĭtum, 3, v. a., to sow, plant:

desitis seminibus,

Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 6.

dē-sĕro, rŭi, rtum, 3, v. a. Lit., 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.).

Lit.

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 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.—

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.—

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.—

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.—

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.

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. —

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.