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dē-sīdo , sēdi (de-sīdi, Cic. l. l. infra, Lampr id. Alex. Sev. 39, 7), 3, v. n., v. consido. —Of inanimate things, esp. of places,
I.to sink, fall, or settle down.
I. Prop.: “tantos terrae motus factos esse, ut multa oppida corruerint, multis locis labes factae sint terraeque desiderint,” Cic. Div. 1, 35 fin.; 1, 43, 97; Liv. 32, 9; and poet. of the apparent sinking of mountains to one flying aloft: “Gargara desidunt surgenti,” Stat. Th. 1, 549: “ovum inane natat, plenum desidit,” Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 11; Just. 4, 1, 10: “ex urina quod desidit album est,” sediment, Cels. 2, 7: “tumor ex toto desidit,” id. 7, 18. —*
II. Trop., to deteriorate, degenerate: desidentes mores, Liv. prooem. 9.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (5):
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 2.7
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 7.18
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 32, 9
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 1.35
    • Statius, Thebias, 1
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