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dēmo , mpsi (msi), mptum (mtum), 3, v. a. contr. from de-emo; cf. adimo and abemito,
I.to take off, take away, to withdraw, subtract, remove (class. and very freq.; for syn. cf.: adimo, eripio, furor, rapio, prehendo, capio, sumo, excipio).
I. Lit.: “addita demptaque quaedam,Lucr. 2, 770; cf.: “cum aliquid additur aut demitur,Cic. Ac. 2, 16: “si quid ad eas (leges) addi demi mutarive vellet,Liv. 31, 11 fin.: “lubet scire quantum auri erus sibi dempsit,Plaut. Bac. 4, 4, 14 (for which, shortly after, sibi novem abstulit): “aurum sibi,Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 13: “secures de fascibus,Cic. Rep. 2, 31; so, “clipea de columnis,Liv. 40, 51: de capite (from the sum total) medimna DC, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 33; cf. ib. 35 (twice): una dempta uncia deunx, dextans dempto sextante, dodrans dempto quadrante, bes dempto triente, Varr. L. L. 5, § 172 Müll.: “de stipendio equitum aera,Liv. 7, 41: “non hilum de tempore mortis,Lucr. 3, 1100; cf.: “partem de die,Hor. Od. 1, 1, 20; Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 20 et saep.: “quam minimum ex osse,Cels. 8, 4; cf.: “aliquid ex cibo,id. 6, 6, 16: “fetus ab arbore,Ov. H. 20, 9; cf.: “sucum a vellere,id. A. A. 3, 214.—With simple abl.: “fetus arbore,id. M. 14, 689: “juga equis,id. ib. 7, 324; id. F. 2, 74; cf.: “juga bobus,Hor. Od. 3, 6, 42: “vincla pedibus,Ov. M. 3, 168; cf.: “vincula nobis,id. F. 3, 320: “nubem supercilio,Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 94 et saep.: “soleas (when about to recline at table),Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 16; cf.: Ov. A. A. 2, 212: haec (epistola) casu ad turrim adhaesit ... dempta ad Ciceronem defertur, *Caes. B. C. 5, 48, 8: “odorem vino,Cato R. R. 110: “barbam,to shave, Suet. Caes. 67.—
II. Trop.: “nulla dies nobis maerorem e pectore demet,Lucr. 3, 921; so, “mihi et tibi et illis molestiam,Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 33: “nobis acerbam necessitudinem,Sall. J. 102, 5: “plus dignitatis patribus (with detrahere, and opp. addere),Liv. 2, 60: “silentia furto,” i. e. to disclose the theft, Ov. M. 2, 700 et saep.—Without a dat.: “metum omnem,Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 18: “dolorem,Lucr. 2, 21: “sollicitudinem,Cic. Att. 11, 15 fin.: “curas his dictis,Verg. A. 2, 775; 3, 153 et saep.: “ex dignitate populi (opp. adicere),Liv. 34, 54; cf.: “de vi magistratus,id. 3, 33 fin.: “lex ipsa per se dempto auctore,even without its author, Liv. 2, 42; cf.: “dempto fine,without end, Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 2: “addere aut demere ad haec (verba),Vulg. 1 Mac. 8, 30.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (28):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 11.15
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.3.77
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 2.700
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 3.168
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 7.324
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 2.775
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 14.689
    • Plautus, Truculentus, 2.4
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 2.770
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 2.21
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 3.1095
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 3.921
    • Suetonius, Divus Julius, 67
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 6.6
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 2, 42
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 34, 54
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 2, 60
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 31, 11
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 3, 33
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 40, 51
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 7, 41
    • Cicero, De Republica, 2.31
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 8.4
    • Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum, 102
    • Ovid, Tristia, 3.11
    • Ovid, Tristia, 5.2
    • Ovid, Fasti, 2
    • Ovid, Fasti, 3
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