demeret
Dictionary entries
- Entry →demereo, demerere, demeri, demeritus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
oblige, please, win the favor of; earn, merit, deserve (well of);
sg. pres. act. ind. 3rd - Entry →demo, demere, dempsi, demptus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
take/cut away/off, remove, withdraw; subtract; take away from;
sg. imperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Mitte. BAL. Quid mercedis petasus hodie domino demeret? HAR. Quid domino? quid somniatis? mea quidem haec habeo omnia..."Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...noluit remansitque, ut duarum rerum gravissimarum hominibus metum demeret, mortis et carceris. Mucius ignibus manum imposuit. Acerbum..."Liber XXXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...animum eius temptaret et, si qua posset, metum demeret periculi quicquam ei ab Romanis esse. iis conloquiis aliud..."Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...pulsos in patriam reduceret et servitiis grave iugum demeret; id malle populo Romano auctore fieri: si ibi spes..."
