I.v. a., to mow, reap, cut off, gather, crop, harvest (class.). Usually of fruits: “tempora demetendis fructibus et percipiendis accommodata,” Cic. de Sen. 19, 70; cf. id. N. D. 2, 62 fin.: hordeum, Cass. Hem. ap. Prisc. p. 903 P.: demesso frumento, * Caes. B. G. 4, 32, 4; so, “frumentum,” Liv. 34, 26: “segetes,” Tac. A. 14, 24; cf.: “Galli armati alienos agros demetunt,” Cic. Rep. 3, 9, 15: “demessa est terra,” Vulg. Apoc. 14. 16.—Less freq. (poet. or in post-Aug. prose) of other objects: “pollice florem,” to pluck off, Verg. A. 11, 68: “favos,” i. e. to cut out, take out, Col. 9, 15, 12: “testes caudamque adultero (ferrum),” Hor. S. 1, 2, 46; cf.: “huic ense caput,” to behead, Ov. M. 5, 104; and absol.: “acies ferro demetit,” Sil. 16, 102.
dē-mĕto , messŭi, messum, 3,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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