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|lshtext=<b>dē-mitto</b>: mīsi, [[missum]], 3,<br /><b>I</b> v. a., to [[send]] [[down]]; to [[drop]]; to [[let]], [[sink]], or [[bring]] [[down]]; to [[cause]] to [[hang]] or [[fall]] [[down]]; to [[lower]], [[put]] [[down]], [[let]] [[fall]] (freq. and [[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br /> <b>A</b> In gen.: picis e [[caelo]] demissum [[flumen]], Lucr. 6, 257; cf.: [[caelo]] imbrem, Verg. G. 1, 23: [[caelo]] ancilia, Liv. 5, 54 et saep.: barbam malis, Lucr. 5, 673: latum clavum pectore, Hor. S. 1, 6, 28; cf.: monilia pectoribus, Verg. A. 7, 278: laenam ex humeris, id. ib. 4, 263: [[Maia]] genitum demittit ab [[alto]], Verg. A. 1, 297; cf.: ab aethere currum, Ov M. 7, 219: e [[muro]] [[sporta]], Sall. Hist. 2, 53: aliquem in [[sporta]] per murum, Vulg. 2 Cor. 11, 33: taleam (sc. in terram), to [[put]] [[into]] the [[ground]], [[plant]], [[Cato]] R. R. 45, 2; arbores altius, Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 81: [[puteum]] [[alte]] in [[solido]], i. e. to [[sink]] [[deep]], Verg. G. 2, 231: [[triginta]] [[pedes]] in terram turrium fundamenta, Curt. 5, 1, 31: arbusta [[certo]] demittunt tempore florem, Lucr. 5, 670: demisit nardini amphoram [[cellarius]] (i. e. deprompsit), Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 12: fasces, Cic. Rep. 2, 31; cf. id. ib. 1, 40: cibos (sc. in alvum), Quint. 10, 1, 19; cf. Ov. M. 8, 835.—Naut. t. t., to [[lower]], demittere antennas, Sall. Hist. 4, 41 Dietsch.; Auct. B. Alex. 45, 2: cornua (i.e. antennas), Ov. M. 11, 482; cf.: effugit hibernas demissa [[antenna]] procellas, id. Tr. 3, 4, 9: [[arma]], classem, socios Rheno, Tac. A. 1, 45 fin.; cf.: farinam doliis secundā aquā Volturni fluminis, Frontin. Strat. 3, 14, 2; and pecora secundā aquā, id. ib. 3, 14, 4: manum artifices demitti [[infra]] [[pectus]] vetant, Quint. 11, 3, 112; cf. brachia, id. 2, 13, 9: frontem (opp. attolli), id. 11, 3, 78: supercilia (opp. allevari), ib. § 79: aures, Hor. Od. 2, 13, 34; cf. auriculas, id. S. 1, 9, 20: [[caput]], Ov. M. 10, 192: crinem, id. ib. 6, 289: demisso capite, Vulg. Job 32, 6 al.: aliquos per funem, Verg. A. 2, 262; Hor. A. P. 461: vestem, id. S. 1, 2, 95; cf. tunicam, id. ib. 25: stolam, id. ib. 99 et saep.; [[often]] in a [[violent]] [[manner]], to [[cast]] [[down]], to [[cast]], [[throw]], [[thrust]], [[plunge]], [[drive]], etc.: equum in [[flumen]], Cic. Div. 1, 33, 73; cf.: equos a campo in cavam viam, Liv. 23, 47: aliquem in carcerem, Liv. 34, 44 fin.; cf. Sall. C. 55, 4: aliquem ad imos [[Manes]], Verg. A. 12, 884: hostem in ovilia, Hor. Od. 4, 4, 10: [[gladium]] in jugulum, Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 28; cf.: [[ferrum]] in [[ilia]], Ov. M. 4, 119: sublicas in terram, Caes. B. G. 3, 49, 4; cf.: huc stipites, id. ib. 7, 73, 3 and 6: huc [[caementa]], Hor. Od. 3, 1, 35: nummum in loculos, to [[put]], id. Ep. 2, 1, 175: calculum atrum in urnam, Ov. M. 15, 44: milia [[sex]] nummum in arcam nummariam, Nov. Com. v. 108 Rib.: [[caput]] ad fornicem Fabii, to [[bow]], [[stoop]], [[Crassus]] ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 267: tunicam ad talos, Varr. ap. Non. 286, 19; cf. Cic. Clu. 40, 111; Quint. 5, 13, 39 et saep.: quove velim [[magis]] fessas demittere naves, Verg. A. 5, 29; cf.: navem [[secundo]] amni Scodam, Liv. 44, 31.—Poet. [[with]] dat.: corpora Stygiae nocti tormentis, Ov. M. 3, 695; cf.: aliquem neci, Verg. A. 2, 85: aliquem Orco, id. ib. 2, 398; Hor. Od. 1, 28, 11: aliquem umbris, Sil. 11, 142: [[ferrum]] jugulo, Ov. H. 14, 5: [[ferrum]] lacubus, id. M. 12, 278: [[offa]] demittitur faucibus boum, Plin. 27, 11, 76, § 101.—<br /> <b>b</b> Se, or in the [[pass]]. form [[with]] [[middle]] signif., to [[let]] one's [[self]] [[down]], [[stoop]], [[descend]]: (venti [[vortex]]) ubi se in terras demisit, Lucr. 6, 446: se inguinibus [[tenus]] in aquam calidam, Cels. 1, 3: se ad aurem alicujus, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30; cf.: cum se demittit ob assem, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 64: concava [[vallis]] erat, [[qua]] se demittere rivi Assuerant, Ov. M. 8, 334 al.: nonullae (matres familias) de muris per [[manus]] demissae, Caes. B. G. 7, 47, 6.— Prov.: demitti de [[caelo]], or [[simply]] [[caelo]], to be sent [[down]] from [[heaven]], i. e. to be of [[celestial]] [[origin]], Liv. 10, 8, 10; Quint. 1, 6, 16.—<br /> <b>B</b> Esp., milit. t. t.<br /> <b>1</b> To [[send]], [[bring]], or [[lead]] [[down]] soldiers [[into]] a [[lower]] [[place]]: in loca [[plana]] [[agmen]] demittunt, Liv. 9, 27; cf.: [[agmen]] in vallem infimam, id. 7, 34: equites Numidas in inferiorem campum, id. 27, 18: [[agmen]] in Thessaliam, id. 32, 13; 38, 2: exercitum in planitiem, Frontin. Strat. 1, 2, 7 al.; and [[without]] in: [[agmen]], Liv. 9, 2: levem armaturam, id. 22, 28 al.: cum se major [[pars]] agminis in magnam convallem demisisset, had descended, Caes. B. G. 5, 32 fin.; so [[with]] se, id. ib. 6, 40, 6; 7, 28, 2; id. B. C. 1, 79, 4; Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 4 al.—<br /> <b>2</b> Arma demittere, in [[making]] a [[military]] [[salute]]: armis demissis salutationem [[more]] militari faciunt, [[with]] grounded [[arms]], Auct. B. Afr. 85, 6. —<br /><b>II</b> Trop., to [[cast]] [[down]], [[let]] [[sink]], etc.: demisere oculos omnes gemitumque dedere, Ov. M. 15, 612; cf.: vultu demisso, Vulg. Isa. 49, 23: demissis in terram oculis, Liv. 9, 38, 13; also in [[sleep]]: cadit inscia [[clavo]] Dextera, demittitque oculos, Val. Fl. 3, 41: [[vultum]], Val. Max. 8, 14, 5; Curt. 6, 32, 1: [[vultum]] animumque metu, Ov. M. 7, 133; cf. [[vultus]], id. ib. 10, 367; Liv. 2, 58. hoc in [[pectus]] tuum demitte, [[impress]] this [[deeply]] on [[your]] [[mind]], Sall. J. 102 fin.; cf.: eas voces in pectora animosque, Liv. 34, 50; and: [[dolor]] hoc altius [[demissus]], quo [[minus]] profiteri [[licet]], Just. 8, 5, 11: cum in eum casum me [[fortuna]] demisisset, ut, etc., had reduced, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 2: dignitatem in [[discrimen]], Liv. 3, 35: vim dicendi ad unum auditorem (opp. [[supra]] modum sermonis attolli), Quint. 1, 2, 31; to [[engage]] in, [[enter]] [[upon]], [[embark]] in, [[meddle]] [[with]]: me [[penitus]] in causam, Cic. Att. 7, 12, 3; cf.: me in res turbulentissimas, id. Fam. 9, 1, 2: cogita ne te eo demittas, [[unde]], etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16 fin.: se in comparationem, Suet. Rhet. 6: se in adulationem, to [[descend]] to, Tac. A. 15, 73: se [[usque]] ad servilem patientiam, id. ib. 14, 26: se ad minora [[illa]], Quint. 1 prooem. § 5: re in secunda tollere animos et in [[mala]] demittere, to [[let]] it [[sink]], i. e. to be [[disheartened]], Lucil. ap. Non. 286, 7; cf.: si vicerint, efferunt se [[laetitia]]: victi debilitantur animosque demittunt, Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 42; so, animos ([[with]] contrahere), id. Tusc. 4, 6 fin.; and: animum ([[with]] contrahere), id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, § 4: mentes, Verg. A. 12, 609 (desperant, [[sicut]] e [[contra]] sperantes aliquid erigunt mentes, Serv.); and [[with]] abl.: ne se [[admodum]] [[animo]] demitterent, Caes. B. G. 7, 29.—In geom., t. t., to [[let]] [[fall]] a [[line]], Vitr. 3, 5, 5.—Hence, dēmissus, a, um, P. a., brought [[down]], lowered.<br /> <b>A</b> Lit.<br /> <b>1</b> Of localities, [[sunken]], [[low]]-[[lying]], [[low]] (cf. dejectus, P. a., no. I.): campestribus ac demissis locis, Caes. B. G. 7, 72, 3; cf.: loca demissa ac palustria, id. B. C. 3, 49, 5.—<br /> <b>2</b> Of [[other]] things, [[drooping]], falling, [[hanging]] [[down]]: demissis umeris esse, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 22 Ruhnk.: [[tremulus]], labiis demissis, [[with]] [[flabby]] lips, id. ib. 2, 3, 44: demisso capite discedere, Cic. Clu. 21, 58; cf.: tristes, capite demisso, Caes. B. G. 1, 32: demisso vultu, [[with]] [[downcast]] looks, Sall. C. 31, 7.— Poet. in Gr. constr.: [[Dido]] [[vultum]] demissa, Verg. A. 1, 561.—Also [[deep]]: demissa vulnera, Sen. Ep. 67 fin.—<br /> <b>B</b> Trop.<br /> <b>1</b> Downcast, [[dejected]], [[dispirited]], [[low]] (freq.): erigebat animum jam demissum, Cic. Clu. 21, 58: esse fracto [[animo]] et demisso, id. Fam. 1, 9, 16: (homines) [[animo]] demisso [[atque]] humili, id. Font. 11; cf. id. Tusc. 2, 21: demisso [[animo]] fuit, Sall. J. 98 al.: demissa voce loqui, Verg. A. 3, 320.—In the comp.: [[nihilo]] demissiore [[animo]] [[causa]] [[ipse]] pro se dicta, Liv. 4, 44.—Transf. to the [[person]]: [[quis]] P. Sullam [[nisi]] moerentem, demissum afflictumque vidit? Cic. Sull. 26 fin.: videsne illum demissum? id. Mur. 21, 45; Quint. 1, 3, 10 al.—Comp.: [[orator]] in ornamentis et verborum et sententiarum demissior, Cic. Or. 24, 81.—<br /> <b>2</b> Lowly, [[humble]], [[unassuming]], [[shy]], [[retiring]] (opp. [[elatus]], [[lofty]], [[proud]]): ea omnia, quae proborum, demissorum, non acrium sunt, [[valde]] benevolentiam conciliant, Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 182; cf.: [[multum]] [[demissus]] [[homo]], Hor. S. 1, 3, 57: [[sit]] [[apud]] vos modestiae [[locus]], [[sit]] demissis hominibus [[perfugium]], [[sit]] [[auxilium]] pudori, Cic. Mur. 40, 87.—<br /> <b>3</b> Rarely of [[external]] [[condition]], [[humble]], [[poor]]: qui demissi in [[obscuro]] vitam habent (opp. qui magno imperio praediti in excelso aetatem habent), Sall. C. 51, 12.—<br /> <b>4</b> Poet., and in [[Tacitus]], of genealogical [[descent]], descended, [[derived]], sprung: ab [[alto]] Demissum [[genus]] [[Aenea]], Hor. S. 2, 5, 63; so Verg. G. 3, 35: id. A. 1, 288; Stat. Th. 2, 613; Tac. A. 12, 58.—Sup. does not [[occur]]. —Adv.: dēmisse.<br /> <b>1</b> Lit., [[low]]: hic [[alte]], demissius [[ille]] volabat, Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 23.—<br /> <b>2</b> Trop., [[humbly]], [[modestly]], [[abjectly]], [[meanly]]: non est [[ausus]] [[elate]] et [[ample]] loqui, cum [[humiliter]] demisseque sentiret, Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 24: [[suppliciter]] demisseque respondere, id. Fl. 10, 21: se tueri, id. Att. 2, 18, 3.— Sup.: haec [[quam]] potest demississime [[atque]] subjectissime exponit, * Caes. B. C. 1, 84 fin.> | |lshtext=<b>dē-mitto</b>: mīsi, [[missum]], 3,<br /><b>I</b> v. a., to [[send]] [[down]]; to [[drop]]; to [[let]], [[sink]], or [[bring]] [[down]]; to [[cause]] to [[hang]] or [[fall]] [[down]]; to [[lower]], [[put]] [[down]], [[let]] [[fall]] (freq. and [[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br /> <b>A</b> In gen.: picis e [[caelo]] demissum [[flumen]], Lucr. 6, 257; cf.: [[caelo]] imbrem, Verg. G. 1, 23: [[caelo]] ancilia, Liv. 5, 54 et saep.: barbam malis, Lucr. 5, 673: latum clavum pectore, Hor. S. 1, 6, 28; cf.: monilia pectoribus, Verg. A. 7, 278: laenam ex humeris, id. ib. 4, 263: [[Maia]] genitum demittit ab [[alto]], Verg. A. 1, 297; cf.: ab aethere currum, Ov M. 7, 219: e [[muro]] [[sporta]], Sall. Hist. 2, 53: aliquem in [[sporta]] per murum, Vulg. 2 Cor. 11, 33: taleam (sc. in terram), to [[put]] [[into]] the [[ground]], [[plant]], [[Cato]] R. R. 45, 2; arbores altius, Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 81: [[puteum]] [[alte]] in [[solido]], i. e. to [[sink]] [[deep]], Verg. G. 2, 231: [[triginta]] [[pedes]] in terram turrium fundamenta, Curt. 5, 1, 31: arbusta [[certo]] demittunt tempore florem, Lucr. 5, 670: demisit nardini amphoram [[cellarius]] (i. e. deprompsit), Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 12: fasces, Cic. Rep. 2, 31; cf. id. ib. 1, 40: cibos (sc. in alvum), Quint. 10, 1, 19; cf. Ov. M. 8, 835.—Naut. t. t., to [[lower]], demittere antennas, Sall. Hist. 4, 41 Dietsch.; Auct. B. Alex. 45, 2: cornua (i.e. antennas), Ov. M. 11, 482; cf.: effugit hibernas demissa [[antenna]] procellas, id. Tr. 3, 4, 9: [[arma]], classem, socios Rheno, Tac. A. 1, 45 fin.; cf.: farinam doliis secundā aquā Volturni fluminis, Frontin. Strat. 3, 14, 2; and pecora secundā aquā, id. ib. 3, 14, 4: manum artifices demitti [[infra]] [[pectus]] vetant, Quint. 11, 3, 112; cf. brachia, id. 2, 13, 9: frontem (opp. attolli), id. 11, 3, 78: supercilia (opp. allevari), ib. § 79: aures, Hor. Od. 2, 13, 34; cf. auriculas, id. S. 1, 9, 20: [[caput]], Ov. M. 10, 192: crinem, id. ib. 6, 289: demisso capite, Vulg. Job 32, 6 al.: aliquos per funem, Verg. A. 2, 262; Hor. A. P. 461: vestem, id. S. 1, 2, 95; cf. tunicam, id. ib. 25: stolam, id. ib. 99 et saep.; [[often]] in a [[violent]] [[manner]], to [[cast]] [[down]], to [[cast]], [[throw]], [[thrust]], [[plunge]], [[drive]], etc.: equum in [[flumen]], Cic. Div. 1, 33, 73; cf.: equos a campo in cavam viam, Liv. 23, 47: aliquem in carcerem, Liv. 34, 44 fin.; cf. Sall. C. 55, 4: aliquem ad imos [[Manes]], Verg. A. 12, 884: hostem in ovilia, Hor. Od. 4, 4, 10: [[gladium]] in jugulum, Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 28; cf.: [[ferrum]] in [[ilia]], Ov. M. 4, 119: sublicas in terram, Caes. B. G. 3, 49, 4; cf.: huc stipites, id. ib. 7, 73, 3 and 6: huc [[caementa]], Hor. Od. 3, 1, 35: nummum in loculos, to [[put]], id. Ep. 2, 1, 175: calculum atrum in urnam, Ov. M. 15, 44: milia [[sex]] nummum in arcam nummariam, Nov. Com. v. 108 Rib.: [[caput]] ad fornicem Fabii, to [[bow]], [[stoop]], [[Crassus]] ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 267: tunicam ad talos, Varr. ap. Non. 286, 19; cf. Cic. Clu. 40, 111; Quint. 5, 13, 39 et saep.: quove velim [[magis]] fessas demittere naves, Verg. A. 5, 29; cf.: navem [[secundo]] amni Scodam, Liv. 44, 31.—Poet. [[with]] dat.: corpora Stygiae nocti tormentis, Ov. M. 3, 695; cf.: aliquem neci, Verg. A. 2, 85: aliquem Orco, id. ib. 2, 398; Hor. Od. 1, 28, 11: aliquem umbris, Sil. 11, 142: [[ferrum]] jugulo, Ov. H. 14, 5: [[ferrum]] lacubus, id. M. 12, 278: [[offa]] demittitur faucibus boum, Plin. 27, 11, 76, § 101.—<br /> <b>b</b> Se, or in the [[pass]]. form [[with]] [[middle]] signif., to [[let]] one's [[self]] [[down]], [[stoop]], [[descend]]: (venti [[vortex]]) ubi se in terras demisit, Lucr. 6, 446: se inguinibus [[tenus]] in aquam calidam, Cels. 1, 3: se ad aurem alicujus, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30; cf.: cum se demittit ob assem, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 64: concava [[vallis]] erat, [[qua]] se demittere rivi Assuerant, Ov. M. 8, 334 al.: nonullae (matres familias) de muris per [[manus]] demissae, Caes. B. G. 7, 47, 6.— Prov.: demitti de [[caelo]], or [[simply]] [[caelo]], to be sent [[down]] from [[heaven]], i. e. to be of [[celestial]] [[origin]], Liv. 10, 8, 10; Quint. 1, 6, 16.—<br /> <b>B</b> Esp., milit. t. t.<br /> <b>1</b> To [[send]], [[bring]], or [[lead]] [[down]] soldiers [[into]] a [[lower]] [[place]]: in loca [[plana]] [[agmen]] demittunt, Liv. 9, 27; cf.: [[agmen]] in vallem infimam, id. 7, 34: equites Numidas in inferiorem campum, id. 27, 18: [[agmen]] in Thessaliam, id. 32, 13; 38, 2: exercitum in planitiem, Frontin. Strat. 1, 2, 7 al.; and [[without]] in: [[agmen]], Liv. 9, 2: levem armaturam, id. 22, 28 al.: cum se major [[pars]] agminis in magnam convallem demisisset, had descended, Caes. B. G. 5, 32 fin.; so [[with]] se, id. ib. 6, 40, 6; 7, 28, 2; id. B. C. 1, 79, 4; Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 4 al.—<br /> <b>2</b> Arma demittere, in [[making]] a [[military]] [[salute]]: armis demissis salutationem [[more]] militari faciunt, [[with]] grounded [[arms]], Auct. B. Afr. 85, 6. —<br /><b>II</b> Trop., to [[cast]] [[down]], [[let]] [[sink]], etc.: demisere oculos omnes gemitumque dedere, Ov. M. 15, 612; cf.: vultu demisso, Vulg. Isa. 49, 23: demissis in terram oculis, Liv. 9, 38, 13; also in [[sleep]]: cadit inscia [[clavo]] Dextera, demittitque oculos, Val. Fl. 3, 41: [[vultum]], Val. Max. 8, 14, 5; Curt. 6, 32, 1: [[vultum]] animumque metu, Ov. M. 7, 133; cf. [[vultus]], id. ib. 10, 367; Liv. 2, 58. hoc in [[pectus]] tuum demitte, [[impress]] this [[deeply]] on [[your]] [[mind]], Sall. J. 102 fin.; cf.: eas voces in pectora animosque, Liv. 34, 50; and: [[dolor]] hoc altius [[demissus]], quo [[minus]] profiteri [[licet]], Just. 8, 5, 11: cum in eum casum me [[fortuna]] demisisset, ut, etc., had reduced, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 2: dignitatem in [[discrimen]], Liv. 3, 35: vim dicendi ad unum auditorem (opp. [[supra]] modum sermonis attolli), Quint. 1, 2, 31; to [[engage]] in, [[enter]] [[upon]], [[embark]] in, [[meddle]] [[with]]: me [[penitus]] in causam, Cic. Att. 7, 12, 3; cf.: me in res turbulentissimas, id. Fam. 9, 1, 2: cogita ne te eo demittas, [[unde]], etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16 fin.: se in comparationem, Suet. Rhet. 6: se in adulationem, to [[descend]] to, Tac. A. 15, 73: se [[usque]] ad servilem patientiam, id. ib. 14, 26: se ad minora [[illa]], Quint. 1 prooem. § 5: re in secunda tollere animos et in [[mala]] demittere, to [[let]] it [[sink]], i. e. to be [[disheartened]], Lucil. ap. Non. 286, 7; cf.: si vicerint, efferunt se [[laetitia]]: victi debilitantur animosque demittunt, Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 42; so, animos ([[with]] contrahere), id. Tusc. 4, 6 fin.; and: animum ([[with]] contrahere), id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, § 4: mentes, Verg. A. 12, 609 (desperant, [[sicut]] e [[contra]] sperantes aliquid erigunt mentes, Serv.); and [[with]] abl.: ne se [[admodum]] [[animo]] demitterent, Caes. B. G. 7, 29.—In geom., t. t., to [[let]] [[fall]] a [[line]], Vitr. 3, 5, 5.—Hence, dēmissus, a, um, P. a., brought [[down]], lowered.<br /> <b>A</b> Lit.<br /> <b>1</b> Of localities, [[sunken]], [[low]]-[[lying]], [[low]] (cf. dejectus, P. a., no. I.): campestribus ac demissis locis, Caes. B. G. 7, 72, 3; cf.: loca demissa ac palustria, id. B. C. 3, 49, 5.—<br /> <b>2</b> Of [[other]] things, [[drooping]], falling, [[hanging]] [[down]]: demissis umeris esse, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 22 Ruhnk.: [[tremulus]], labiis demissis, [[with]] [[flabby]] lips, id. ib. 2, 3, 44: demisso capite discedere, Cic. Clu. 21, 58; cf.: tristes, capite demisso, Caes. B. G. 1, 32: demisso vultu, [[with]] [[downcast]] looks, Sall. C. 31, 7.— Poet. in Gr. constr.: [[Dido]] [[vultum]] demissa, Verg. A. 1, 561.—Also [[deep]]: demissa vulnera, Sen. Ep. 67 fin.—<br /> <b>B</b> Trop.<br /> <b>1</b> Downcast, [[dejected]], [[dispirited]], [[low]] (freq.): erigebat animum jam demissum, Cic. Clu. 21, 58: esse fracto [[animo]] et demisso, id. Fam. 1, 9, 16: (homines) [[animo]] demisso [[atque]] humili, id. Font. 11; cf. id. Tusc. 2, 21: demisso [[animo]] fuit, Sall. J. 98 al.: demissa voce loqui, Verg. A. 3, 320.—In the comp.: [[nihilo]] demissiore [[animo]] [[causa]] [[ipse]] pro se dicta, Liv. 4, 44.—Transf. to the [[person]]: [[quis]] P. Sullam [[nisi]] moerentem, demissum afflictumque vidit? Cic. Sull. 26 fin.: videsne illum demissum? id. Mur. 21, 45; Quint. 1, 3, 10 al.—Comp.: [[orator]] in ornamentis et verborum et sententiarum demissior, Cic. Or. 24, 81.—<br /> <b>2</b> Lowly, [[humble]], [[unassuming]], [[shy]], [[retiring]] (opp. [[elatus]], [[lofty]], [[proud]]): ea omnia, quae proborum, demissorum, non acrium sunt, [[valde]] benevolentiam conciliant, Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 182; cf.: [[multum]] [[demissus]] [[homo]], Hor. S. 1, 3, 57: [[sit]] [[apud]] vos modestiae [[locus]], [[sit]] demissis hominibus [[perfugium]], [[sit]] [[auxilium]] pudori, Cic. Mur. 40, 87.—<br /> <b>3</b> Rarely of [[external]] [[condition]], [[humble]], [[poor]]: qui demissi in [[obscuro]] vitam habent (opp. qui magno imperio praediti in excelso aetatem habent), Sall. C. 51, 12.—<br /> <b>4</b> Poet., and in [[Tacitus]], of genealogical [[descent]], descended, [[derived]], sprung: ab [[alto]] Demissum [[genus]] [[Aenea]], Hor. S. 2, 5, 63; so Verg. G. 3, 35: id. A. 1, 288; Stat. Th. 2, 613; Tac. A. 12, 58.—Sup. does not [[occur]]. —Adv.: dēmisse.<br /> <b>1</b> Lit., [[low]]: hic [[alte]], demissius [[ille]] volabat, Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 23.—<br /> <b>2</b> Trop., [[humbly]], [[modestly]], [[abjectly]], [[meanly]]: non est [[ausus]] [[elate]] et [[ample]] loqui, cum [[humiliter]] demisseque sentiret, Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 24: [[suppliciter]] demisseque respondere, id. Fl. 10, 21: se tueri, id. Att. 2, 18, 3.— Sup.: haec [[quam]] potest demississime [[atque]] subjectissime exponit, * Caes. B. C. 1, 84 fin.> | ||
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|gf=<b>dēmittō</b>,⁸ mīsī, [[missum]], ĕre, tr.,<br /><b>1</b> faire (laisser) tomber, faire (laisser) descendre : in [[flumen]] equum Cic. Div. 1, 73, faire descendre son cheval dans un fleuve ; cælo imbrem Virg. G. 1, 23, faire tomber la pluie du ciel ; ancilia cælo demissa Liv. 5, 54, 7, boucliers tombés du ciel ; nonnullæ de muris demissæ Cæs. G. 7, 42, 6, quelques-unes se laissant tomber du [[haut]] des remparts ; in inferiorem [[demissus]] carcerem Liv. 34, 44, 8, plongé dans un cachot [[plus]] bas ; in [[loca]] [[plana]] [[agmen]] demittunt Liv. 9, 27, 4, ils font descendre leurs troupes en plaine ; se demittere Cæs. G. 5, 32, 2 ; 6, 40, 6 ; 7, 28, 2, etc., descendre ; demittere classem Rheno Tac. Ann. 1, 45, faire descendre le Rhin à une flotte || laisser pendre, laisser tomber : [[usque]] ad talos demissa [[purpura]] Cic. Clu. 111, pourpre qu’on laisse tomber jusqu’aux talons ( Quint. 5, 13, 39, etc. ) ; tunicis demissis Hor. S. 1, 2, 25, avec une tunique descendant jusqu’à terre ; [[malis]] demittere barbam Lucr. 5, 674, laisser pousser la barbe sur les joues || abaisser : fasces Cic. Rep. 2, 53, baisser les faisceaux ; antemnas Sall. H. 4, 41, abaisser les vergues ( Sen. Ben. 6, 15, 6 ) ; demissis in terram oculis Liv. 9, 38, 13, les yeux baissés vers la terre ; demittit aures Hor. O. 2, 13, 34, [Cerbère] laisse retomber ses oreilles ; [[caput]] Crass. d. Cic. de Or. 2, 267, baisser la tête ; se demittere ad aurem alicujus Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 74, se pencher à l’oreille de qqn ; [[qua]] colles incipiunt [[jugum]] demittere Virg. B. 9, 8, où les collines commencent à abaisser leur sommet ; [[qua]] se montium [[jugum]] demittit Curt. 5, 4, 23, où le sommet des montagnes s’abaisse ( Plin. 6, 78 ) || enfoncer : sublicis in terram demissis Cæs. C. 3, 49, 3, des pilotis étant enfoncés dans la terre, cf. G. 7, 73, 3 ; 7, 73, 6 ; [[gladium]] in [[jugulum]] Pl. Merc. 613, plonger une épée dans la gorge ; minera [[parum]] demissa Sen. Ep. 67, 13, blessures insuffisamment profondes<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] laisser tomber, laisser s’affaisser : animos demittunt Cic. Fin. 5, 42, ils se laissent abattre (Tusc. 4, 14 ; Q. 1, 1, 4 ) ; se [[animo]] demittere Cæs. G. 7, 29, 1, se laisser décourager || abaisser : se in adulationem Tac. Ann. 15, 73, s’abaisser à l’adulation, cf. 14, 26 ; vim dicendi ad unum auditorem Quint. 1, 2, 31, ravaler l’éloquence en l’adressant à un seul auditeur || enfoncer : [[hoc]] in [[pectus]] tuum demitte Sall. J. 102, 11, grave-toi [[cette]] pensée dans le cœur ( Liv. 34, 50, 2 ) ; se in [[res]] turbulentissimas Cic. Fam. 9, 1, 2, se plonger dans les affaires les [[plus]] orageuses ; se [[penitus]] in causam Cic. Att. 7, 12, 3, s’engager à fond dans un [[parti]]. | |||
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dē-mitto: mīsi, missum, 3,
I v. a., to send down; to drop; to let, sink, or bring down; to cause to hang or fall down; to lower, put down, let fall (freq. and class.).
I Lit.
A In gen.: picis e caelo demissum flumen, Lucr. 6, 257; cf.: caelo imbrem, Verg. G. 1, 23: caelo ancilia, Liv. 5, 54 et saep.: barbam malis, Lucr. 5, 673: latum clavum pectore, Hor. S. 1, 6, 28; cf.: monilia pectoribus, Verg. A. 7, 278: laenam ex humeris, id. ib. 4, 263: Maia genitum demittit ab alto, Verg. A. 1, 297; cf.: ab aethere currum, Ov M. 7, 219: e muro sporta, Sall. Hist. 2, 53: aliquem in sporta per murum, Vulg. 2 Cor. 11, 33: taleam (sc. in terram), to put into the ground, plant, Cato R. R. 45, 2; arbores altius, Plin. 17, 11, 16, § 81: puteum alte in solido, i. e. to sink deep, Verg. G. 2, 231: triginta pedes in terram turrium fundamenta, Curt. 5, 1, 31: arbusta certo demittunt tempore florem, Lucr. 5, 670: demisit nardini amphoram cellarius (i. e. deprompsit), Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 12: fasces, Cic. Rep. 2, 31; cf. id. ib. 1, 40: cibos (sc. in alvum), Quint. 10, 1, 19; cf. Ov. M. 8, 835.—Naut. t. t., to lower, demittere antennas, Sall. Hist. 4, 41 Dietsch.; Auct. B. Alex. 45, 2: cornua (i.e. antennas), Ov. M. 11, 482; cf.: effugit hibernas demissa antenna procellas, id. Tr. 3, 4, 9: arma, classem, socios Rheno, Tac. A. 1, 45 fin.; cf.: farinam doliis secundā aquā Volturni fluminis, Frontin. Strat. 3, 14, 2; and pecora secundā aquā, id. ib. 3, 14, 4: manum artifices demitti infra pectus vetant, Quint. 11, 3, 112; cf. brachia, id. 2, 13, 9: frontem (opp. attolli), id. 11, 3, 78: supercilia (opp. allevari), ib. § 79: aures, Hor. Od. 2, 13, 34; cf. auriculas, id. S. 1, 9, 20: caput, Ov. M. 10, 192: crinem, id. ib. 6, 289: demisso capite, Vulg. Job 32, 6 al.: aliquos per funem, Verg. A. 2, 262; Hor. A. P. 461: vestem, id. S. 1, 2, 95; cf. tunicam, id. ib. 25: stolam, id. ib. 99 et saep.; often in a violent manner, to cast down, to cast, throw, thrust, plunge, drive, etc.: equum in flumen, Cic. Div. 1, 33, 73; cf.: equos a campo in cavam viam, Liv. 23, 47: aliquem in carcerem, Liv. 34, 44 fin.; cf. Sall. C. 55, 4: aliquem ad imos Manes, Verg. A. 12, 884: hostem in ovilia, Hor. Od. 4, 4, 10: gladium in jugulum, Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 28; cf.: ferrum in ilia, Ov. M. 4, 119: sublicas in terram, Caes. B. G. 3, 49, 4; cf.: huc stipites, id. ib. 7, 73, 3 and 6: huc caementa, Hor. Od. 3, 1, 35: nummum in loculos, to put, id. Ep. 2, 1, 175: calculum atrum in urnam, Ov. M. 15, 44: milia sex nummum in arcam nummariam, Nov. Com. v. 108 Rib.: caput ad fornicem Fabii, to bow, stoop, Crassus ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 267: tunicam ad talos, Varr. ap. Non. 286, 19; cf. Cic. Clu. 40, 111; Quint. 5, 13, 39 et saep.: quove velim magis fessas demittere naves, Verg. A. 5, 29; cf.: navem secundo amni Scodam, Liv. 44, 31.—Poet. with dat.: corpora Stygiae nocti tormentis, Ov. M. 3, 695; cf.: aliquem neci, Verg. A. 2, 85: aliquem Orco, id. ib. 2, 398; Hor. Od. 1, 28, 11: aliquem umbris, Sil. 11, 142: ferrum jugulo, Ov. H. 14, 5: ferrum lacubus, id. M. 12, 278: offa demittitur faucibus boum, Plin. 27, 11, 76, § 101.—
b Se, or in the pass. form with middle signif., to let one's self down, stoop, descend: (venti vortex) ubi se in terras demisit, Lucr. 6, 446: se inguinibus tenus in aquam calidam, Cels. 1, 3: se ad aurem alicujus, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30; cf.: cum se demittit ob assem, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 64: concava vallis erat, qua se demittere rivi Assuerant, Ov. M. 8, 334 al.: nonullae (matres familias) de muris per manus demissae, Caes. B. G. 7, 47, 6.— Prov.: demitti de caelo, or simply caelo, to be sent down from heaven, i. e. to be of celestial origin, Liv. 10, 8, 10; Quint. 1, 6, 16.—
B Esp., milit. t. t.
1 To send, bring, or lead down soldiers into a lower place: in loca plana agmen demittunt, Liv. 9, 27; cf.: agmen in vallem infimam, id. 7, 34: equites Numidas in inferiorem campum, id. 27, 18: agmen in Thessaliam, id. 32, 13; 38, 2: exercitum in planitiem, Frontin. Strat. 1, 2, 7 al.; and without in: agmen, Liv. 9, 2: levem armaturam, id. 22, 28 al.: cum se major pars agminis in magnam convallem demisisset, had descended, Caes. B. G. 5, 32 fin.; so with se, id. ib. 6, 40, 6; 7, 28, 2; id. B. C. 1, 79, 4; Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 4 al.—
2 Arma demittere, in making a military salute: armis demissis salutationem more militari faciunt, with grounded arms, Auct. B. Afr. 85, 6. —
II Trop., to cast down, let sink, etc.: demisere oculos omnes gemitumque dedere, Ov. M. 15, 612; cf.: vultu demisso, Vulg. Isa. 49, 23: demissis in terram oculis, Liv. 9, 38, 13; also in sleep: cadit inscia clavo Dextera, demittitque oculos, Val. Fl. 3, 41: vultum, Val. Max. 8, 14, 5; Curt. 6, 32, 1: vultum animumque metu, Ov. M. 7, 133; cf. vultus, id. ib. 10, 367; Liv. 2, 58. hoc in pectus tuum demitte, impress this deeply on your mind, Sall. J. 102 fin.; cf.: eas voces in pectora animosque, Liv. 34, 50; and: dolor hoc altius demissus, quo minus profiteri licet, Just. 8, 5, 11: cum in eum casum me fortuna demisisset, ut, etc., had reduced, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 2: dignitatem in discrimen, Liv. 3, 35: vim dicendi ad unum auditorem (opp. supra modum sermonis attolli), Quint. 1, 2, 31; to engage in, enter upon, embark in, meddle with: me penitus in causam, Cic. Att. 7, 12, 3; cf.: me in res turbulentissimas, id. Fam. 9, 1, 2: cogita ne te eo demittas, unde, etc., Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 16 fin.: se in comparationem, Suet. Rhet. 6: se in adulationem, to descend to, Tac. A. 15, 73: se usque ad servilem patientiam, id. ib. 14, 26: se ad minora illa, Quint. 1 prooem. § 5: re in secunda tollere animos et in mala demittere, to let it sink, i. e. to be disheartened, Lucil. ap. Non. 286, 7; cf.: si vicerint, efferunt se laetitia: victi debilitantur animosque demittunt, Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 42; so, animos (with contrahere), id. Tusc. 4, 6 fin.; and: animum (with contrahere), id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, § 4: mentes, Verg. A. 12, 609 (desperant, sicut e contra sperantes aliquid erigunt mentes, Serv.); and with abl.: ne se admodum animo demitterent, Caes. B. G. 7, 29.—In geom., t. t., to let fall a line, Vitr. 3, 5, 5.—Hence, dēmissus, a, um, P. a., brought down, lowered.
A Lit.
1 Of localities, sunken, low-lying, low (cf. dejectus, P. a., no. I.): campestribus ac demissis locis, Caes. B. G. 7, 72, 3; cf.: loca demissa ac palustria, id. B. C. 3, 49, 5.—
2 Of other things, drooping, falling, hanging down: demissis umeris esse, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 22 Ruhnk.: tremulus, labiis demissis, with flabby lips, id. ib. 2, 3, 44: demisso capite discedere, Cic. Clu. 21, 58; cf.: tristes, capite demisso, Caes. B. G. 1, 32: demisso vultu, with downcast looks, Sall. C. 31, 7.— Poet. in Gr. constr.: Dido vultum demissa, Verg. A. 1, 561.—Also deep: demissa vulnera, Sen. Ep. 67 fin.—
B Trop.
1 Downcast, dejected, dispirited, low (freq.): erigebat animum jam demissum, Cic. Clu. 21, 58: esse fracto animo et demisso, id. Fam. 1, 9, 16: (homines) animo demisso atque humili, id. Font. 11; cf. id. Tusc. 2, 21: demisso animo fuit, Sall. J. 98 al.: demissa voce loqui, Verg. A. 3, 320.—In the comp.: nihilo demissiore animo causa ipse pro se dicta, Liv. 4, 44.—Transf. to the person: quis P. Sullam nisi moerentem, demissum afflictumque vidit? Cic. Sull. 26 fin.: videsne illum demissum? id. Mur. 21, 45; Quint. 1, 3, 10 al.—Comp.: orator in ornamentis et verborum et sententiarum demissior, Cic. Or. 24, 81.—
2 Lowly, humble, unassuming, shy, retiring (opp. elatus, lofty, proud): ea omnia, quae proborum, demissorum, non acrium sunt, valde benevolentiam conciliant, Cic. de Or. 2, 43, 182; cf.: multum demissus homo, Hor. S. 1, 3, 57: sit apud vos modestiae locus, sit demissis hominibus perfugium, sit auxilium pudori, Cic. Mur. 40, 87.—
3 Rarely of external condition, humble, poor: qui demissi in obscuro vitam habent (opp. qui magno imperio praediti in excelso aetatem habent), Sall. C. 51, 12.—
4 Poet., and in Tacitus, of genealogical descent, descended, derived, sprung: ab alto Demissum genus Aenea, Hor. S. 2, 5, 63; so Verg. G. 3, 35: id. A. 1, 288; Stat. Th. 2, 613; Tac. A. 12, 58.—Sup. does not occur. —Adv.: dēmisse.
1 Lit., low: hic alte, demissius ille volabat, Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 23.—
2 Trop., humbly, modestly, abjectly, meanly: non est ausus elate et ample loqui, cum humiliter demisseque sentiret, Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 24: suppliciter demisseque respondere, id. Fl. 10, 21: se tueri, id. Att. 2, 18, 3.— Sup.: haec quam potest demississime atque subjectissime exponit, * Caes. B. C. 1, 84 fin.>
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dēmittō,⁸ mīsī, missum, ĕre, tr.,
1 faire (laisser) tomber, faire (laisser) descendre : in flumen equum Cic. Div. 1, 73, faire descendre son cheval dans un fleuve ; cælo imbrem Virg. G. 1, 23, faire tomber la pluie du ciel ; ancilia cælo demissa Liv. 5, 54, 7, boucliers tombés du ciel ; nonnullæ de muris demissæ Cæs. G. 7, 42, 6, quelques-unes se laissant tomber du haut des remparts ; in inferiorem demissus carcerem Liv. 34, 44, 8, plongé dans un cachot plus bas ; in loca plana agmen demittunt Liv. 9, 27, 4, ils font descendre leurs troupes en plaine ; se demittere Cæs. G. 5, 32, 2 ; 6, 40, 6 ; 7, 28, 2, etc., descendre ; demittere classem Rheno Tac. Ann. 1, 45, faire descendre le Rhin à une flotte
