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dēsĕcātĭo, ōnis, f., a cutting off: ramorum, Cassiod. in Psa. 130: unus ensis, sed duas desecationes habet, edges, id. ib. 149, 7. From

dē-sĕco, cŭi, ctum, 1,

  1. I. v. a., to cut off, cut away (class.): vitem, Varr. R. R. 1, 41, 3: partes ex toto, Cic. Univ. 7: uvas a vite, Col. 12, 43, 1: segetes et prata, id. 11, 1, 8: spicas fascibus, Liv. 42, 64: particulam undique, * Hor. Od. 1, 16, 15; and poet.: saxa metallis, to carve out, Stat. S. 2, 2, 85: hordeum, pabulum, herbas, Caes. B. C. 3, 58, 5; cf. segetem, Liv. 2, 5: aures, Caes. B. G. 7, 4 fin.; cf. cervicem, Liv. 31, 34: spicas fascibus, id. 31, 34: collum, *Verg. A. 8, 438.
  2. II. Transf.: tu illud (prooemium) desecabis, hos agglutinabis, Cic. Att. 16, 6 fin.

dēsē̆cro, āre, v. desacro.

dēsectĭo, ōnis, f. [deseco], a cutting off: stramentorum, Col. 6, 3, 1.

* dē-sĕnesco, nŭi, 3, v. n., to diminish by age, to die away: ira belli desenuit, Sall. ap. Prisc. p. 887 P. (Hist. 1, 93 Dietsch).

dēseps, sĭpis, adj. [de-sapio], out of one’s mind, insane, Schol. Juv. 10, 233.

1. dē-sĕro, no perf., sĭtum, 3, v. a., to sow, plant: desitis seminibus, Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 6.

2. 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.).

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. 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.
    2. B. 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.
  2. II. 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.
      1. 2. 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.
    1. B. 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.
    1. A. 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.
    2. B. 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 -serpo, ĕre, v. n., to creep down (post-Aug. and very rare): genis lanugo, Stat. Th. 6, 586; cf. Ap. Mag. p. 315.

dēsertĭo, ōnis, f. [2. desero], a forsaking, deserting (rare; perh. not ante-Aug.).
Milit. t. t. (acc. to 2. desero, no. I. B.), desertion: peccatum desertionis, Dig. 49, 16, 3, § 6; 5, § 2 al.

dēsertor, ōris, m. [2. desero], one who forsakes, abandons, deserts any one.

  1. I. Prop.
    1. A. In gen.: amicorum (opp. conservator inimicorum), Cic. Att. 8, 9, 3: communis utilitatis aut salutis, id. Fin. 3, 19, 64.
      Esp. freq.,
    2. B. Milit. t. t., a runaway, deserter (opp. transfuga, one who joins the enemy, Dig. 48, 16, 5, § 8), * Caes. B. G. 6, 23, 8 (with proditor, as in Tac. H. 1, 72); Liv. 3, 69, 7; 23, 18, 16; Tac. A. 1, 21; Vell. 2, 85; 119; Flor. 4, 2, 52; Suet. Caes. 68; Front. Strat. 4, 1, 29; Dig. 48, 16, 3 init. al. et saep.
      1. 2. Transf. beyond the milit. sphere, a deserter, one who abandons: Amoris, Ov. H. 19, 157: Asiae, *Verg. A. 12, 15.
  2. II. Trop.: usus corporis desertor animi, a forsaker, Stat. Th. 8, 739.

* dēsertrix, īcis, f. [desertor], she that forsakes, neglects: divinae legis, Tert. de hab. mulier. 1.

dēsertum, i, v. desero, P. a. B.

dēsertus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from desero.

dē-servĭo, īre, v. n., to serve zealously, be devoted to, subject to (rare, but class.): valetudini tuae, dum mihi deservis, servisti non satis, Cic. Fam. 16, 18: cuivis, id. Off. 1, 30, 109: amicis, id. Sull. 9: grammatico soli deserviamus, deinde geometrae? Quint. 1, 12, 6: (Epicurei) sibi indulgentes et corpori deservientes, Cic. Leg. 1, 13, 39: studiis, Plin. Ep. 7, 7, 3: honoribus, id. Pan. 77, 6: Deo meo, Vulg. Act. 24, 14.

  1. B. Of subjects not personal: si officia, si operae, si vigiliae deserviunt amicis, praesto sunt omnibus, Cic. Sull. 9: nec unius oculis flumina, fontes, maria deserviunt, Plin. Pan. 50, 1; cf.: quoddam deserviens his (sc. oculis) ministerium, Quint. 11, 3, 77.

dēses, ĭdis (nom. sing. appears not to occur), adj. [desideo], inactive, indolent, idle (syn.: iners, segnis, piger, ignavus, socors, tardus—rare, perh. not ante-Aug., nor in Aug. poets).

  1. I. Prop.: sedemus desides domi, Liv. 3, 68; so of persons, id. 1, 32; 3, 7; Col. 12, 1, 2: longa pace desides, Tac. H. 1, 88; 2, 21; Gell. 13, 8 fin. (with ignavus); with ab: desidem ab opere suo, Col. 7, 12, 2.
  2. II. Transf. of inanimate things: nec rem Romanam tam desidem umquam fuisse atque imbellem, Liv. 21, 16: naturā deside torpet orbis, Luc. 9, 436: desidis otia vitae, Stat. S. 3, 5, 85: causae desidis anni, id. ib. 3, 1, 2: deside passu Ire, id. ib. 5, 2, 61: deside cura, id. Th. 6, 147; 10, 87.