adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective
dēses
dēses (genitive dēsidis)
Classical[ˈdeː.sɛs]Ecclesiastical[ˈdɛː.s̬es]
Meaning
- one terminationidle
Temperies vitalis abest, et nulla sub illa Cura Iovis terra est; natura deside torpet
The temperate air that life needs is not found there, and Jupiter pays no heed to the land; Nature is inactive; the lifeless expanse, with sands that are never ploughed, is unconscious of the seasons.Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, de bello civili, liber IX. In: Lucan with an English translation by J. D. Duff; The Civil War Books I–X (Pharsalia), 1962, p. 536f.Iamque alio moliris iter nec deside passu ire paras; nondum validae tibi signa iuventae
And now thou art planning a journey to other lands, and art preparing to be gone with no sluggish stride; not yet have the signs of vigorous manhood crept about thy cheeks, blameless still is the tenour of thy life.Publius Papinius Statius, Silvae, liber V. In: Statius with an English translation by J. H. Mozley, vol. I of two volumes, 1928, p. 292f.
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
iners, sēgnisdēses -idis — in IVLIANVS III: Persia, ch. 8
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | dēses | dēses | dēses |
| genitive | dēsidis | dēsidis | dēsidis |
| dative | dēsidī | dēsidī | dēsidī |
| accusative | dēsidem | dēsidem | dēses |
| ablative | dēsidī dēside | dēsidī dēside | dēsidī dēside |
| vocative | dēses | dēses | dēses |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | dēsidēs | dēsidēs | dēsidia |
| genitive | dēsidium | dēsidium | dēsidium |
| dative | dēsidibus | dēsidibus | dēsidibus |
| accusative | dēsidīs dēsidēs | dēsidīs dēsidēs | dēsidia |
| ablative | dēsidibus | dēsidibus | dēsidibus |
| vocative | dēsidēs | dēsidēs | dēsidia |
dēses, ĭdis (
I. 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).
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.—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.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
(dēses) idis, adj.
de + SED-, inactive, indolent, idle : sedemus desides domi mulierum ritu, L.: longā pace desides, Ta.—Fig.: nec rem Romanam tam desidem umquam fuisse, L.
Origins
From dēsideo + -s, from sedeō.