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|lshtext=<b>dēmissĭo</b>: ōnis, f. id.,<br /><b>I</b> a letting [[down]], sinking, [[lowering]] ([[very]] [[rare]]).<br /><b>I</b> Prop.: storiarum, * Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 5: barbae, a letting [[grow]], Macr. S. 1, 22, 4.—In plur.: clipei aenei demissiones, Vitr. 5, 10 fin.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop. *<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> (Acc. to [[demissus]], no. II. A.): animi, [[dejection]], * Cic. Tusc. 3, 7, 14. —*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In medic. lang., an [[abatement]], [[mitigation]] (opp. [[accessio]]), Coel. Aur. Acut. 1, 4.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>dēmissĭō</b>,¹⁶ ōnis, f. ([[demitto]]),<br /><b>1</b> abaissement : storiarum Cæs. C. 2, 9, 5, des rideaux || barbæ Macr. Sat. 1, 22, 4, longue barbe pendante<br /><b>2</b> état d’affaissement : animi Cic. Tusc. 3, 14, affaissement moral.
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