vastus+et+desertus

vastus, a, um, adj. [cf.: vanus, vacuus], empty, unoccupied, i.e. waste, desert.

Lit. (so rare but class.;

syn.: vacuus, desertus): genus agrorum propter pestilentiam vastum atque desertum,

Cic. Agr. 2, 26, 69:

lex erat lata vasto ac relicto foro,

id. Sest. 24, 53:

agrum vastum ac desertum habere,

Liv. 28, 11, 10:

vasta ac deserta urbs,

id. 24, 3, 11; 28, 7, 12: vasta incendiis ruinisque urbs, id. 5, 53, 1:

mons vastus ab naturā et humano cultu,

uncultivated, Sall. J. 48, 3:

urbs a defensoribus vasta,

without, Liv. 23, 30, 7 (al. ex conj. vacua).—

Trop. (the fig. taken from tracts of country lying waste or untilled), uncultivated, unpolished, rude, rough, harsh:

vultu motuque corporis vasti atque agrestes,

Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 115:

vastus homo atque foedus,

id. ib. 1, 25, 117:

vasti quidam et insubidi,

Gell. 19, 9, 9:

fugiemus crebras vocalium concursiones, quae vastam atque hiantem orationem reddunt, ut hoc est: baccae aeneae amoenissimae impendebant,

Auct. Her. 4, 12, 18:

omnia vasta ac temeraria esse,

Liv. 24, 48, 7:

littera vastior,

too harsh-sounding, Cic. Or. 45, 153.—

Transf.

Desolate, deserted: abs te viduae et vastae virgines sunt, made lonely, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 52 (Trag. v. 279 Vahl.):

dies per silentium vastus,

Tac. A. 3, 4.—

Wasted by destruction, laid waste, ravaged, devastated, destroyed (rare; cf.

vastatus): fit vasta Troja,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 130:

jam hanc urbem ferro vastam faciet Peleus, Att. ap. Fest. pp. 372 and 373: haec ego vasta dabo,

Verg. A. 9, 323:

nec solum modo vastum hosti relictum, sed castellis etiam vicisque illatus ignis,

Liv. 10, 12, 8.—

With the predom. idea of extent, vast, immense, enormous, huge, monstrous (syn.: ingens, immanis).

Of size: jamque fere pulvis ad caelum vasta videtur, Enn. ap. Non. 217, 11 (Ann. v. 286 Vahl.):

immani et vastae insidens beluae,

Cic. Rep. 2, 40, 67:

vasta et immanis belua,

id. Div. 1, 24, 49; cf.:

vastissimae beluae,

id. Rep. 2, 26, 49: elephanto beluarum nulla prudentior;

ad figuram quae vastior?

id. N. D. 1, 35, 97:

summa erat vasto atque aperto mari, difficultas navigandi,

Caes. B. G. 3, 12; cf.:

in vastissimo atque apertissimo Oceano,

id. ib. 3, 9, 7:

fossa vastissima,

Cic. Rep. 2, 6, 11:

solitudines,

id. ib. 2, 6, 19:

campi,

Verg. A. 3, 13:

Charybdis,

Lucr. 1, 722:

antiquus crater, quem vastum vastior ipse Sustulit Aegides,

Ov. M. 12, 236:

antrum,

Verg. A. 1, 52:

hiatus speluncae,

id. ib. 6, 237:

suspectus turris,

id. ib. 9, 530:

manus,

Ov. F. 2, 322:

arma,

Verg. A. 10, 768:

corpus,

Col. 7, 12, 3.—

Transf., of degree, etc., immense, enormous, prodigious, vast, etc.:

iter,

i.e. on the vast ocean, Ov. M. 14, 438:

certamen,

Verg. A. 12, 553:

impetus,

Hor. C. 4, 14, 30:

pugnae Cannensis clades vastissima,

Gell. 5, 17, 5:

tempestas,

Col. 2, 20, 5; cf.:

vapores vastissimi,

id. 2, 20, 1:

clamor,

Verg. A. 10, 716; Ov. M. 12, 494:

murmur,

Verg. A. 1, 245:

latratus,

Col. 7, 12, 3:

tonitru,

Val. Fl. 1, 617:

pondus,

Verg. A. 5, 447; Ov. H. 9, 88.—

Trop.:

vastus animus,

i.e. insatiable, Sall. C. 5, 4.—Rarely with abstr. nouns:

quam vasta potentia nostra est,

Ov. M. 2, 520:

varia vastaque scientia,

Col. 1, pr. 28:

nefas,

Sen. Herc. Oet. 767.— Adv.: vastē.

(Acc. to vastus, I. B.) Rudely, harshly:

loqui non aspere, non vaste, non rustice, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 45:

ne vastius diducantur verba,

id. ib. 3, 43, 172.—

(Acc. to II. B.) Widely, vastly, immensely, violently, enormously:

vaste cedentia litora,

Mel. 1, 1, 4:

vastius insurgens decimae ruit impetus undae,

Ov. M. 11, 530:

vastius podagra correpti,

Scrib. Comp. 107.

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.