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
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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..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...gloria reddit honores. Est locus exciso penitus demersus hiatu Parthenopen inter magnaeque Dicarchidos arva, Cocyti perfusus aqua..."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..."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..."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..."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..."