[ˈdeː.sũː], [ˈdɛː.s̬um]
- suppletiveto be wanting/lacking (+ dative)
“Dominus pāscit mē et nihil mihī dēerit.” — The Lord is my shepherd and nothing shall I want.
“… nōn dēest reī pūblicae cōnsilium neque auctōritās hujus ōrdinis: nōs, nōs, dīcō apertē, cōnsulēs dēsumus.” — The Republic lacks neither the judgment nor the authority of this body: [it is] we — we, I say openly — we the consuls [who] are lacking.
“equitem maxime suis deesse viribus ratus” — thought that cavalry was what he chiefly lacked
- suppletiveto fall short of, fail to obtain, miss
- suppletiveto abandon, to desert, to neglect
“Dīmicantī dē fāmā deesse.” — To abandon one whose reputation is attacked.
- suppletiveto be away, to be absent, to be missing
Formaedēsum(canonical) · irregular conjugation(canonical) · no passive(canonical) · no supine stem except in the future active participle(canonical) · no gerund(canonical) · deesse(infinitive, present) · dēfuī(active, perfect) · dēfutūrus(active, future, participle) · dēsum(active, first-person, indicative, present, singular) · dēes(active, indicative, present, second-person, singular) · dēest(active, indicative, present, singular, third-person) · dēsumus(active, first-person, indicative, plural, present) · dēestis(active, indicative, plural, present, second-person) · dēsunt(active, indicative, plural, present, third-person) · dēeram(active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular) · dēerās(active, imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular) · dēerat(active, imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person) · dēerāmus(active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural) · dēerātis(active, imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person) · dēerant(active, imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person)