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.