Usages of deesse
Hospes rogat cur amphora tam cito vacua facta sit, et caupo dicit vinum hodie deesse.
The guest asks why the jar became empty so quickly, and the innkeeper says that wine is lacking today.
Pater rogat utrum sal in domo iam sit an sal adhuc desit.
Father asks whether there is already salt in the house or whether salt is still lacking.
Hospes panem edere cupit, sed vinum hodie deest.
The guest wants to eat bread, but wine is lacking today.
Hodie sal deest, igitur mater ad forum festinat.
Today salt is lacking, therefore mother hurries to the forum.
Mihi ad forum eundum est, quia sal deest.
I must go to the forum, because salt is lacking.
Honestas mercatori deest, si pretium iniustum petit.
A merchant lacks honesty if he asks an unfair price.
Magister dicit sententiam integram esse, quia nulla verba desunt.
The teacher says that the sentence is complete, because no words are missing.
Sed pater respondet vitam privatam quoque curas habere et officium commune familiae numquam deesse.
But father answers that private life also has cares and that the common duty of the family is never lacking.
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