dempsissent
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;
pl. pluperf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber Quintus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...donata manu! quod subdere roburilla dies, quantum potuit dempsisse senectae! 230nam quod me mixta quercus non pressit olivaet..."Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...invidia socios praedaeque cupidine victos esse; ratos aurum, dempsisse ligamina ventis; cum quibus isse retro, per quas modo..."