• missing (adj.): Phr.: to be m., desiderari: nor was a single article m. from the temple, nec quicquam ex fano desideratum est, Cic. Verr. 4, 44, 96: often used in returns of losses in battle or campaigns: not a single ship was m., nulla omnino navis desiderabatur, Caes. B. G. 5, 23 (but, as applied to troops, the term includes killed and wounded [v. to lose]: as distinguished from these, the "missing" may be said, non comparere, non reperiri, not to make their appearance or be found). Sometimes, in gen. sense, deficere or deesse, may serve: v. wanting (to be).