desero

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-

Latin serō

Latin dēserō

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdeː.sɛ.roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛː.s̬e.ro]

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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		dēserere			dēserī			dēserēns			—
future		dēsertūrum esse			dēsertum īrī			dēsertūrus			dēserendus, dēserundus
perfect		dēseruisse			dēsertum esse			—			dēsertus
future perfect		—			dēsertum fore			—			—
perfect potential		dēsertūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		dēserendī		dēserendō		dēserendum		dēserendō		dēsertum		dēsertū

Derived terms

• dēsertiō
• 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