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dē-mī^gro , āvi, ātum, 1,
I.v. n., to migrate from, to emigrate; to depart, remove from or to a place (class.).
I. Lit.
A. In gen.: “de oppidis,” Caes. B. G. 4, 19: “ex his aedificiis,” id. ib. 4, 4: “ex agris,” Liv. 38, 18 fin.; cf.: “ex agris in urbem,” id. 2, 10: “loco,” Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 85; cf. “Helicone (deae),” Stat. S. 1, 2, 4: “in illa loca,” Cic. Agr. 2, 16, 42: “in hortos,” Suet. Tib. 35: “Pydnam,” Liv. 44, 6: “ad virum optimum,” Cic. Cat. 1, 8 et saep.—Absol.: “demigrandi causa,” Caes. B. G. 5, 43, 4; so Liv. 38, 23.—Transf., to have recourse to: “ad deos et ad sidera,” Treb. Pol. Claud. 12.—
B. Pregn., to depart this life (perh. only in Cic.): “vetat dominans ille in nobis deus, injussu hinc nos suo demigrare,” Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 74; cf.: ex hominum vita ad deorum religionem, id. Rab. perd. 10, 30; and: “ab improbis,” id. Par. 2, 18.—
II. Trop. (only in Cic.): “multa mihi dant solatia, nec tamen ego de meo statu demigro,” Cic. Att. 4, 16, 10: “strumae ab ore improbo demigrarunt,” id. Vatin. 16 fin.
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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