dempsisses
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. pluperf. act. subj. 2nd
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..."- P
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..."