demetite
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;
pl. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples

Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...videt decrescere cornum. hinc Halyn, hinc rigido transcurrens demetit ense Protin et insignem cithara cantuque fluenti Dorcea..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...densas praecerpens messor aristas sole sub ardenti flaventia demetit arua, Troiugenum infesto prosternet corpora ferro. currite ducentes subtegmina..."
