dema
Dictionary entries
- Entry →dem, demis:
Masculine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Geography:
- Greece
community, a people; administrative district (in Attica); tract of land (L+S);
acc. sg.
Examples
- T
Trinummus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...feceris. PHIL. De magnis divitiis si quid demas, plus fit an minus? LYS. Minus, pater; sed civi immuni..." - A
Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...Platonis" inquit "oratione verbum aliquod demas mutesve atque id commodatissime facias, de elegantia tamen detraxeris; si ex Lysiae..." Liber II
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...dimidio quod das mihi, Postume, labro, laudo: licet demas hinc quoque dimidium. Vis dare maius adhuc et inenarrabile..."
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...dissipat umbras, quo reciet sparsas; qualis, si crimina demas, Colchis et Aeaeo simulatrix litore Circe. tunc his sacrificum..."- P
Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...bellator equus crabronis origo est; concava litoreo si demas bracchia cancro, cetera supponas terrae, de parte sepulta scorpius..." - P
Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...nato, felix et coniuge Peleus, et cui, si demas iugulati crimina Phoci, omnia contigerant: fraterno sanguine sontem expulsumque..." - P
Amores I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...militibus superas hominesque deosque; haec tibi si demas commoda, nudus eris. Laeta triumphanti de summo mater Olympo plaudet..."