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dē-sum, fŭi, esse (ee in deest, deesse, deerit, etc., in the poets
* Per synaeresin as one syll., Lucr. 1, 44; Cat. 64, 151; Verg. G. 2, 233; id. A. 7, 262; 10, 378; Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 24; Ov. M. 15, 354 et saep.; praes. subj., desiet, Cato R. R. 8; perf., defuerunt, trisyl., Ov. M. 6, 585; fut. inf., commonly defuturum esse, as Cic. Div. in Caecil. 1, 2, etc.; also defore,id. Fam. 13, 63; Caes. B. G. 5, 56; Sil. 9, 248; imperf. subj., deforent, Ambros. Hexaem. 3, 13), v. n., to be away, be absent; to fail, be wanting (for syn. cf.: absum, deficio, descisco, negligo; freq. in all periods).
* In gen.
* Absol.: non ratio, verum argentum deerat,Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 69: frigore enim desunt ignes ventique calore Deficiunt,Lucr. 6, 360: cf. id. 3, 455; Cato R. R. 8: omnia deerant, quae, etc.,Caes. B. G. 4, 29 fin.: semper paullum ad summam felicitatem defuisse,id. ib. 6, 43, 5: ibi numquam causas seditionum et certaminis defore,Liv. 45, 18: quod non desit habentem, etc.,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 52 et saep.: non desunt qui, for sunt qui,Quint. 4, 5, 11; 8, 3, 85; Plin. 2, 109, 112, § 248.
* Pregn., to fail, be wanting in one's duty, as in rendering assistance, etc.; not to assist or serve, to desert one, to neglect a person or thing.
* With in: ut neque in Antonio deesset hic ornatus orationis, neque in Crasso redundaret,Cic. de Or. 3, 4 fin.; id. Rep. 2, 33: in C. Laenio commendando,id. Fam. 13, 63 al.
* With inf. (poet. and in postAug. prose): et mihi non desunt turpes pendere corollae,Prop. 1, 16, 7; Sil. 6, 10; Tac. H. 4, 1 al.—(ε) With quominus: duas sibi res, quominus in vulgus et in foro diceret, defuisse,Cic. Rep. 3, 30 fin. (ap. Non. 262, 23); Tac. A. 14, 39.—(ζ) With quin: nihil contumeliarum defuit, quin subiret,Suet. Ner. 45.—(η) With ut: non defuit, ut, etc.,Capitol. Gord. III. 31.
* With dat.: tantum enitor, ut neque amicis neque etiam alienioribus opera, consilio, labore desim,Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 17; cf. id. Mur. 4 fin.: ne tibi desis,that you be not wanting to yourself, neglect not your own advantage,id. Rosc. Am. 36, 104; id. Fam. 5, 12, 2; cf. Hor. S. 1, 9, 56; 2, 1, 17; 1, 4, 134: senatu reique publicae,Caes. B. C. 1, 1, 3 sq.: communi saluti nulla in re,id. B. G. 5, 33, 2: Timotheo de fama dimicanti,Nep. Timoth. 4, 3: huic rei,Caes. B. C. 3, 93, 2: negotio,id. ib. 2, 41, 3: decori vestro,Cic. Rep. 6, 24: officio et dignitati meae,id. Att. 7, 17, 4; Liv. 3, 50: tempori,id. 21, 27; cf.: occasioni temporis,Caes. B. C. 3, 79 et saep.
* Without dat.: non deest reipublicae consilium ... nos, nos, dico aperte, consules desumus,Cic. Cat. 1, 1 fin.; id. Rep. 3, 21: qui non deerat in causis,id. Brut. 34, 130: nec deerat Ptolemaeus,Tac. H. 1, 22 fin.
* To fall short of, miss, fail to obtain: ne quis desit gratiae Dei,Vulg. Heb. 12, 15.
* Per synaeresin as one syll., Lucr. 1, 44; Cat. 64, 151; Verg. G. 2, 233; id. A. 7, 262; 10, 378; Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 24; Ov. M. 15, 354 et saep.; praes. subj., desiet, Cato R. R. 8; perf., defuerunt, trisyl., Ov. M. 6, 585; fut. inf., commonly defuturum esse, as Cic. Div. in Caecil. 1, 2, etc.; also defore,id. Fam. 13, 63; Caes. B. G. 5, 56; Sil. 9, 248; imperf. subj., deforent, Ambros. Hexaem. 3, 13), v. n., to be away, be absent; to fail, be wanting (for syn. cf.: absum, deficio, descisco, negligo; freq. in all periods).
* In gen.
* Absol.: non ratio, verum argentum deerat,Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 69: frigore enim desunt ignes ventique calore Deficiunt,Lucr. 6, 360: cf. id. 3, 455; Cato R. R. 8: omnia deerant, quae, etc.,Caes. B. G. 4, 29 fin.: semper paullum ad summam felicitatem defuisse,id. ib. 6, 43, 5: ibi numquam causas seditionum et certaminis defore,Liv. 45, 18: quod non desit habentem, etc.,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 52 et saep.: non desunt qui, for sunt qui,Quint. 4, 5, 11; 8, 3, 85; Plin. 2, 109, 112, § 248.
* Pregn., to fail, be wanting in one's duty, as in rendering assistance, etc.; not to assist or serve, to desert one, to neglect a person or thing.
* With in: ut neque in Antonio deesset hic ornatus orationis, neque in Crasso redundaret,Cic. de Or. 3, 4 fin.; id. Rep. 2, 33: in C. Laenio commendando,id. Fam. 13, 63 al.
* With inf. (poet. and in postAug. prose): et mihi non desunt turpes pendere corollae,Prop. 1, 16, 7; Sil. 6, 10; Tac. H. 4, 1 al.—(ε) With quominus: duas sibi res, quominus in vulgus et in foro diceret, defuisse,Cic. Rep. 3, 30 fin. (ap. Non. 262, 23); Tac. A. 14, 39.—(ζ) With quin: nihil contumeliarum defuit, quin subiret,Suet. Ner. 45.—(η) With ut: non defuit, ut, etc.,Capitol. Gord. III. 31.
* With dat.: tantum enitor, ut neque amicis neque etiam alienioribus opera, consilio, labore desim,Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 17; cf. id. Mur. 4 fin.: ne tibi desis,that you be not wanting to yourself, neglect not your own advantage,id. Rosc. Am. 36, 104; id. Fam. 5, 12, 2; cf. Hor. S. 1, 9, 56; 2, 1, 17; 1, 4, 134: senatu reique publicae,Caes. B. C. 1, 1, 3 sq.: communi saluti nulla in re,id. B. G. 5, 33, 2: Timotheo de fama dimicanti,Nep. Timoth. 4, 3: huic rei,Caes. B. C. 3, 93, 2: negotio,id. ib. 2, 41, 3: decori vestro,Cic. Rep. 6, 24: officio et dignitati meae,id. Att. 7, 17, 4; Liv. 3, 50: tempori,id. 21, 27; cf.: occasioni temporis,Caes. B. C. 3, 79 et saep.
* Without dat.: non deest reipublicae consilium ... nos, nos, dico aperte, consules desumus,Cic. Cat. 1, 1 fin.; id. Rep. 3, 21: qui non deerat in causis,id. Brut. 34, 130: nec deerat Ptolemaeus,Tac. H. 1, 22 fin.
* To fall short of, miss, fail to obtain: ne quis desit gratiae Dei,Vulg. Heb. 12, 15.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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