Latin

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Etymology

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    From dē- + saeviō.

    Pronunciation

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    Verb

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    dēsaeviō (present infinitive dēsaevīre, perfect active dēsaevīvī or dēsaeviī, supine dēsaevītum); fourth conjugation, no passive

    1. to rage or rave off, away, or violently; to spend or work out one’s rage or wrath
      • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.52:
        “[...] dum pelagō dēsaevit hiems et aquōsus Ōrīōn, [...].”
        “[You must delay Aeneas in Carthage,] while winter and watery Orion rage upon the deep sea, [...].”

    Conjugation

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    References

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    • desaevio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • desaevio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • desaevio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.