To lacke: to faile. Deesse alicui opera. Cic. Not to helpe a man. Deesse causæ communi. Cic. Not to helpe or defende a common quarrel. Deesse & Abundare, contraria. Cic. To lacke. Desuit ei animus ab initio. Ci. His heart failed him euen at the beginning. Bello propter umiditatem deesse. Cic. For timorousnesse or feare to absent himselse srom the warre. Desit mihi in hac parte fides. Ouid. Let mee not be beleeued in this. Deesse occasioni. Liu. To leese oportunitie: not to doe when occasion serueth. Deesse officio suo & muneri. Cic. Not to doe his office and duery. Alicui prudentiam in consilio defuisse. Plancus Ciceroni. Non decrit sapienti quod agat. Ci. A wise man hath alwaye somewhat to do. Nec metuo ne mihi sermo desit abs te. Cic. I feare not that talke or words wil lacke on your part. Deesse sibi. Cic. To be negligent in his owne matter. Non tibi defuit cura aut studium in tanto officio. Cic. You lacked not care and good wil. Tibi nullum me amoris, nullum studij, nullum pietatis officiÛ defuit. Cic. For my part you haue not lacked anie friendly token or testimonie of loue, &c. Deesse voluntati amici. Cic. Not to satissie his friends will and pleasure. Non animus eis, sed vires defuerunt. Cicer. Hee lacketh not good wil, but strength and power. Paucæ ceuturiæ ad Consulatum defuerunt. Ci. There lacked the consent of a few wardes to make him Consul. Deest huic paulolum ad beatam vitam. Cic. Non desunt qui interpretentur. Plini. There bee some that interpreate it. Arbitrabantur non defore qui illa restituerent. Cicer. They thought there would be some, which, &c. Deesse, pro Abesse. Cicero. Huic conuiuio puer optimus Quintus defuit. Ouintus was not present at.

I. In gen.

(a). Absol.: non ratio, verum argentum deerat, Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 69: frigore enim desunt ignes ventique calore Deficiunt, Lucr. 6, 360: cf. id. 3, 455; Cato R. R. 8: omnia deerant, quae, etc., Caes. B. G. 4, 29 fin.: semper paullum ad summam felicitatem defuisse, id. ib. 6, 43, 5: ibi numquam causas seditionum et certaminis defore, Liv. 45, 18: quod non desit habentem, etc., Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 52 et saep.: non desunt qui, for sunt qui, Quint. 4, 5, 11; 8, 3, 85; Plin. 2, 109, 112, 248.—

(b). With dat. (so most freq.): metuo mihi in monendo ne defuerit oratio, Plaut. Bac. 1, 1, 3 and 4: cui nihil desit, quod, etc., Cic. Rep. 1, 17; cf. id. Lael. 14, 51: sive deest naturae quippiam, sive abundat atque affluit, id. Div. 1, 29, 61: quantum alteri sententiae deesset animi, tantum alteri superesse, Caes. B. C. 2, 31; so, opp. superesse, Cic. Fam. 13, 63; cf. opp. superare, Sall. C. 20, 11: neu desint epulis rosae, Hor. Od. 1, 36, 15; id. Ep. 1, 1, 58 et saep.: hoc unum ad pristinam fortunam Caesari defuit, Caes. B. G. 4, 26 fin.; cf. id. B. C. 3, 2, 2; 3, 96, 2. —

(g). With in: ut neque in Antonio deesset hic ornatus orationis, neque in Crasso redundaret, Cic. de Or. 3, 4 fin.; id. Rep. 2, 33: in C. Laenio commendando, id. Fam. 13, 63 al.—

(d). With inf. (poet. and in postAug. prose): et mihi non desunt turpes pendere corollae, Prop. 1, 16, 7; Sil. 6, 10; Tac. H. 4, 1 al.—(e) With quominus: duas sibi res, quominus in vulgus et in foro diceret, defuisse, Cic. Rep. 3, 30 fin. (ap. Non. 262, 23); Tac. A. 14, 39.—(z) With quin: nihil contumeliarum defuit, quin subiret, Suet. Ner. 45.—(h) With ut: non defuit, ut, etc., Capitol. Gord. III. 31.—

II. Pregn., to fail, be wanting in one's duty, as in rendering assistance, etc.; not to assist or serve, to desert one, to neglect a person or thing.

(a). With dat.: tantum enitor, ut neque amicis neque etiam alienioribus opera, consilio, labore desim, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 17; cf. id. Mur. 4 fin.: ne tibi desis, that you be not wanting to yourself, neglect not your own advantage, id. Rosc. Am. 36, 104; id. Fam. 5, 12, 2; cf. Hor. S. 1, 9, 56; 2, 1, 17; 1, 4, 134: senatu reique publicae, Caes. B. C. 1, 1, 3 sq.: communi saluti nulla in re, id. B. G. 5, 33, 2: Timotheo de fama dimicanti, Nep. Timoth. 4, 3: huic rei, Caes. B. C. 3, 93, 2: negotio, id. ib. 2, 41, 3: decori vestro, Cic. Rep. 6, 24: officio et dignitati meae, id. Att. 7, 17, 4; Liv. 3, 50: tempori, id. 21, 27; cf.: occasioni temporis, Caes. B. C. 3, 79 et saep.—

(b). Without dat.: non deest reipublicae consilium ... nos, nos, dico aperte, consules desumus, Cic. Cat. 1, 1 fin.; id. Rep. 3, 21: qui non deerat in causis, id. Brut. 34, 130: nec deerat Ptolemaeus, Tac. H. 1, 22 fin.—

B. To fall short of, miss, fail to obtain: ne quis desit gratiae Dei, Vulg. Heb. 12, 15.