desero

Latin

Etymology

From dē- (“away, from”) +‎ serō (“I bind, join”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdeː.se.roː/, [ˈd̪eːs̠ɛroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈde.se.ro/, [ˈd̪ɛːs̬ero]

Verb

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

1. to leave, depart, desert, quit

   Synonyms: proficīscor, ēgredior, abeō, exeō, ēvādō

2. to forsake, abandon, give up

   Synonyms: relinquō, omittō, dēdō, concēdō, dēcēdō, dēsum, reddō, remittō, dēstituō, linquō, dēsinō, dēficiō, oblīvīscor, trānsmittō, dēspondeō, cēdō, permittō, dissimulō, trādō, addīcō, praetereō, neglegō, pōnō, tribuō

3. to let down

Conjugation

Conjugation of dēserō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēserō	dēseris	dēserit	dēserimus	dēseritis	dēserunt
	imperfect	dēserēbam	dēserēbās	dēserēbat	dēserēbāmus	dēserēbātis	dēserēbant
	future	dēseram	dēserēs	dēseret	dēserēmus	dēserētis	dēserent
	perfect	dēseruī	dēseruistī	dēseruit	dēseruimus	dēseruistis	dēseruērunt, dēseruēre
	pluperfect	dēserueram	dēseruerās	dēseruerat	dēseruerāmus	dēseruerātis	dēseruerant
	future perfect	dēseruerō	dēserueris	dēseruerit	dēseruerimus	dēserueritis	dēseruerint
passive	present	dēseror	dēsereris, dēserere	dēseritur	dēserimur	dēseriminī	dēseruntur
	imperfect	dēserēbar	dēserēbāris, dēserēbāre	dēserēbātur	dēserēbāmur	dēserēbāminī	dēserēbantur
	future	dēserar	dēserēris, dēserēre	dēserētur	dēserēmur	dēserēminī	dēserentur
	perfect	dēsertus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dēsertus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dēsertus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dēseram	dēserās	dēserat	dēserāmus	dēserātis	dēserant
	imperfect	dēsererem	dēsererēs	dēsereret	dēsererēmus	dēsererētis	dēsererent
	perfect	dēseruerim	dēseruerīs	dēseruerit	dēseruerīmus	dēseruerītis	dēseruerint
	pluperfect	dēseruissem	dēseruissēs	dēseruisset	dēseruissēmus	dēseruissētis	dēseruissent
passive	present	dēserar	dēserāris, dēserāre	dēserātur	dēserāmur	dēserāminī	dēserantur
	imperfect	dēsererer	dēsererēris, dēsererēre	dēsererētur	dēsererēmur	dēsererēminī	dēsererentur
	perfect	dēsertus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dēsertus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dēsere	—	—	dēserite	—
	future	—	dēseritō	dēseritō	—	dēseritōte	dēseruntō
passive	present	—	dēserere	—	—	dēseriminī	—
	future	—	dēseritor	dēseritor	—	—	dēseruntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dēserere	dēseruisse	dēsertūrum esse	dēserī	dēsertum esse	dēsertum īrī
participles		dēserēns	—	dēsertūrus	—	dēsertus	dēserendus, dēserundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dēserendī	dēserendō	dēserendum	dēserendō	dēsertum	dēsertū

Derived terms

• dēsertor

Descendants

• English: desert
• Italian: disertare
• Spanish: desertar

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
• desero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], 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
    

Old High German

Adjective

desero

1. inflection of dese:
   1. feminine dative singular
   2. genitive plural