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
- T
Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Mitte. BAL. Quid mercedis petasus hodie domino demeret? HAR. Quid domino? quid somniatis? mea quidem haec habeo omnia..." - L
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..." - T
Liber XXXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...animum eius temptaret et, si qua posset, metum demeret periculi quicquam ei ab Romanis esse. iis conloquiis aliud..." - T
Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...pulsos in patriam reduceret et servitiis grave iugum demeret; id malle populo Romano auctore fieri: si ibi spes..."
