demet
Dictionary entries
- 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. fut. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber III
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...deflevimus, aeternumque nulla dies nobis maerorem e pectore demet.' illud ab hoc igitur quaerendum est, quid sit amari..."Thyestes
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...dabit aestatis brumaeque notas, non Phoebeis obuia flammis demet nocti Luna timores uincetque sui fratris habenas curuo breuius..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...forsan vel lubrica Nais vel non abruptos tibi demet Hamadryas annos. quid referam alternas gemino super aggere mensas..."