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|lshtext=<b>dēmo</b>: mpsi (msi), mptum (mtum), 3, v. a. contr. from de-emo; cf. [[adimo]] and [[abemito]],<br /><b>I</b> to [[take]] [[off]], [[take]] [[away]], to [[withdraw]], [[subtract]], [[remove]] ([[class]]. and [[very]] freq.; for syn. cf.: [[adimo]], [[eripio]], [[furor]], [[rapio]], [[prehendo]], [[capio]], [[sumo]], [[excipio]]).<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> 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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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>dēmō</b>,⁹ dēmpsī, dēmptum, ĕre (de, [[emo]]), tr., ôter, enlever, retrancher [pr. et fig.] : de capite medimna DC Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 77, défalquer du principal six cents médimnes ; [[aliquid]] ex [[cibo]] Cels. Med. 6, 6, 16, retrancher quelque chose de la nourriture ; [[fetus]] ab arbore Ov. H. 20, 9, détacher le fruit de l’arbre ; [[juga]] [[bobus]] Hor. O. 3, 6, 42, dételer les bœufs ; demere soleas Pl. Truc. 367, quitter ses chaussures avant de se mettre à table, [d’où] se mettre à table &#124;&#124; sollicitudinem Cic. Att. 11, 15, 3, ôter l’inquiétude ; alicui acerbam necessitudinem Sall. J. 102, 5, délivrer qqn de la cruelle nécessité, cf. Ter. Ad. 819.||sollicitudinem Cic. Att. 11, 15, 3, ôter l’inquiétude ; alicui acerbam necessitudinem Sall. J. 102, 5, délivrer qqn de la cruelle nécessité, cf. Ter. Ad. 819.
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{{Georges
|georg=dēmo, dēmpsī, dēmptum, ere (aus dē-[[emo]]), ab-, [[herab]]-, hinwegnehmen (Ggstz. addere, adicere), I) im allg.: 1) eig.: barbam, Cic.: [[caput]], [[abhauen]], Q. Cic.: [[caput]] gladio ([[mit]] usw.), Curt.: [[armamenta]] (naut. t. t.), Ggstz. tollere [[arm]]., Liv. – secures de fascibus, Cic.: clipea de columnis, Liv.: id ([[vinum]]) de viti, [[Varro]] LL. – [[pomum]] ex arbore, [[Cato]]: unionem ex aure altera, Val. Max.: e [[suis]] umeris [[amictus]], Ov. – [[fetus]] ab arbore, Ov.: sucum a vellere, Ov.: [[pomum]], [[fetus]] arbore, Ov.: cacumine [[nidum]], Ov. – [[caput]] statuae, Suet.: iuga [[bobus]], Hor. – 2) übtr., alci [[haud]] mediocre [[onus]] de Scipione cognoscendi, Liv.: alci molestiam, Ter.: alci servitutem, Sall. fr.: sollicitudinem, Cic.: metum, Ov., metum omnem, Ter., metum fratris ([[vor]] dem Br.), Liv.: silentia furto, den D. [[offenbaren]], Ov. – dempto [[fine]], [[ohne]] [[Ende]], Ov.: dempto auctore, [[auch]] [[ohne]] den [[Urheber]], Liv. – m. folg. Acc. u. Infin. = es [[nicht]] [[gelten]] [[lassen]], si demas [[velle]] iuvare deos, Ov. ex Pont. 2, 9, 24. – II) insbes., vermindernd [[von]] einem Ganzen [[etwas]] ([[einen]] [[Teil]]) hinwegnehmen, [[entziehen]] (Ggstz. addere), 1) eig.: partem [[solido]] de die, Hor.: [[exiguum]] pleno de [[mare]] demat aquae, [[einige]] [[Tropfen]], Ov.: [[minimum]] ex osse, Cels.: [[aliquid]] ex [[cibo]], Cels. – cum [[aliquid]] [[minutatim]] et [[gradatim]] additur [[aut]] demitur, Cic.: [[lubet]] scire, [[quantum]] auri [[erus]] [[sibi]] dempsit et [[quid]] [[suo]] reddidit patri, Plaut.: [[illi]], quos [[tibi]] dempserit, apponet annos, Hor. – u. [[von]] [[einer]] [[Summe]] [[wegnehmen]], [[abziehen]], [[unde]] unā unciā demptā [[deunx]]; [[dextans]] dempto sextante etc., [[Varro]] LL.: de capite medimna DC, Cic.: de stipendio equitum [[aera]], Liv. – 2) übtr. (Ggstz. addere, adicere, s. Wölfflin Liv. Krit. S. 23), [[ego]], [[cuius]] aetati [[mors]] [[propior]] est, [[non]] [[deprecor]] (mortem), si [[quid]] eā [[vobis]] incommodi demitur, Sall. fr.: [[plus]] dignitatis comitiis ipsis detractum est patribus ex [[concilio]] submovendis, [[quam]] [[virium]] [[aut]] plebi additum est [[aut]] demptum patribus, Liv.: suae demptum gloriae existimans, [[quidquid]] cessisset (zugefallen [[sei]]) alienae, Curt.: si [[quid]] ad eas (leges) addi demi mutari vellet, Liv.: curasti, ut [[plus]] additum ad memoriam nominis [[nostri]], [[quam]] demptum de [[fortuna]] videretur, Cic.: aliis demptum ex dignitate populi [[quidquid]] maiestati patrum adiectum esset, Liv.: Partiz. subst., ut demptum de vi [[magistratus]] populi libertati adiceret, Liv. 3, 33, 10.
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|lnetxt=demo demere, dempsi, demptus V TRANS :: take/cut away/off, remove, withdraw; subtract; take away from
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