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
Trinummus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...feceris. PHIL. De magnis divitiis si quid demas, plus fit an minus? LYS. Minus, pater; sed civi immuni..."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..."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..."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..."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..."