desertum
Latin
Etymology
From dēsertus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /deːˈser.tum/, [d̪eːˈs̠ɛrt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈser.tum/, [d̪eˈs̬ɛrt̪um]
Noun
dēsertum n (genitive dēsertī); second declension
- 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
- Asturian: desiertu
- Catalan: desert
- English: desert
- French: désert
- Friulian: desert, disiert
- Galician: deserto
- Istriot: dazierto
- Italian: deserto, diserto
- Norman: d'sèrt
- Occitan: desèrt
- Portuguese: deserto
- Romanian: deșert
- Romansch: desert, desiert, dasiert
- Sardinian: deseltu, desertu, diseltu
- Sicilian: disertu
- Spanish: desierto
Participle
dēsertum
- inflection of dēsertus:
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
- accusative masculine singular
Verb
dēsertum
- 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
- (ambiguous) to be abandoned by good luck: a fortuna desertum, derelictum esse