demessum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →demeto, demetere, demessui, demessus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
reap, cut, mow; cut off/down (body); pick (fruit); gather; take (honey); shear;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Aeneid XI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...iuvenem agresti sublimem stramine ponunt: qualem virgineo demessum pollice florem seu mollis violae seu languentis hyacinthi, cui neque..."Liber XLII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...audisset raptim Romanos circa ex agris demessum frumentum conuehere, deinde ante sua quemque tentoria spicas falcibus desecantem..."Liber XXXIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...frumentatum expeditas cohortes misit. quod maturi erat circa, demessum et conuectum est: uiride, ne hostes mox haberent, protritum..."