Desinent

Des´i`nent


a.1.Ending; forming an end; lowermost.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Tantum illis permitte frenum, non desinent currere donec te quo conducti sunt vel sarcinae in morem peruexerint." Erasmus describes one of the dangers involved in the crossing (getting robbed by sailors) in the colloquy Peregrinatio, ASD, 1,3:491, lines 776-96.
Dutch proverbs and expressions in Erasmus' Adages, Colloquies, and Letters (*)

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