desertum

Latin

Etymology

From dēsertus.

Pronunciation

Noun

dēsertum n (genitive dēsertī); second declension

  1. a desert, wasteland

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dēsertum dēserta
Genitive dēsertī dēsertōrum
Dative dēsertō dēsertīs
Accusative dēsertum dēserta
Ablative dēsertō dēsertīs
Vocative dēsertum dēserta

Descendants

Participle

dēsertum

  1. inflection of dēsertus:
    1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
    2. accusative masculine singular

Verb

dēsertum

  1. accusative supine of dēserō

References

  • desertum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • desertum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • desertum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to be abandoned by good luck: a fortuna desertum, derelictum esse
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