demersus, demersus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
action of sinking/submerging; a sinking (L+S);
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | demersus | demersus |
| Gen. | demersus | demersuum |
| Dat. | demersui | demersibus |
| Acc. | demersum | demersus |
| Voc. | demersus | demersus |
| Abl. | demersu | demersibus |
Examples
- L
ad Marciam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...lenta ac difficili materia commissus fumoque demersus ex sordido lucet; eadem enim detinet causa, quae maligne alit..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...gloria reddit honores. Est locus exciso penitus demersus hiatu Parthenopen inter magnaeque Dicarchidos arva, Cocyti perfusus aqua..." - G
Divus Claudius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...Ostia navigaret, vehementi circio bis paene demersus est, prope Liguriam iuxtaque Stoechadas insulas. Quare a Massilia Gesoriacum usque..." - M
IV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...calidi spiritus ardore suspenderet, profundus umor ad ima demersus, unde cotidie superpositi caloris alimenta traherentur, terrenum pondus..." - M
Liber Secundus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...Marius uti poterat, ut expulsus, egens, in palude demersus tropaeorum recordatione levaret dolorem suum, audirem et plane probarem..." - P
Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...regnum Tiberinus ab illis cepit et in Tusci demersus fluminis undis nomina fecit aquae; de quo Remulusque feroxque..."