demptus
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;
nom. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Ars Amatoria III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...lapsa sinus? Oesypa quid redolent? quamvis mittatur Athenis Demptus ab inmundo vellere sucus ovis. Nec coram mixtas cervae..."Liber XLII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...parte copias potuisse. Romanis quidem praesens pauor demptus erat, in tuto castra habentibus; damnum inter cetera praecipue famae..."