dempsi
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. perf. act. ind. 1st
Examples
Adelphoe
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...Quin iam uirginem despondi, res compositast, fiunt nuptiae, dempsi metum omnem: haec magis sunt hominis. DE. Ceterum placet..."FRAGMENTA HISTORIARUM
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...expuli Asiamque, spolium regis Antiochi, recepi et Graeciae dempsi grave servitium. incepta mea postremus servorum Archelaus exercitu prodito..."