desertus

Latin

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) Perfect passive participle of dēserō (“forsake, abandon”).

Participle

dēsertus (feminine dēserta, neuter dēsertum, comparative dēsertior, superlative dēsertissimus); first/second-declension participle

1. deserted, abandoned, having been forsaken.
2. (substantive in the plural) desert

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	dēsertus	dēserta	dēsertum		dēsertī	dēsertae	dēserta
Genitive	dēsertī	dēsertae	dēsertī		dēsertōrum	dēsertārum	dēsertōrum
Dative	dēsertō		dēsertō		dēsertīs
Accusative	dēsertum	dēsertam	dēsertum		dēsertōs	dēsertās	dēserta
Ablative	dēsertō	dēsertā	dēsertō		dēsertīs
Vocative	dēserte	dēserta	dēsertum		dēsertī	dēsertae	dēserta

Derived terms

• dēsertum
• dēsertiō

Descendants

• Asturian: desiertu
• English: deserted
• French: désert
• Istro-Romanian: deșǫrt

• Italian: deserto, diserto
• Portuguese: deserto
• Romanian: deșert
• Spanish: desierto

References

• “desertus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “desertus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• desertus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • deserts: loca deserta (opp. frequentia)
    
  • (ambiguous) to be abandoned by good luck: a fortuna desertum, derelictum esse
    

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Latvian

Noun

desertus m

1. (deprecated template usage) accusative plural form of deserts