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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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Esp., milit. t. t.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lit., [[low]]: hic [[alte]], demissius [[ille]] volabat, Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 23.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Esp., milit. t. t.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lit., [[low]]: hic [[alte]], demissius [[ille]] volabat, Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 23.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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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Latin > English

demitto demittere, demisi, demissus V TRANS :: drop, let fall; sink; send/cast/go/flow/float/slope down; flow/shed/let (blood)
demitto demitto demittere, demisi, demissus V TRANS :: bend/stoop/bow/sag; lower (eyes); let (clothes/hair/beard) hang down
demitto demitto demittere, demisi, demissus V TRANS :: bring/strike down; plunge/insert/thrust/plant; dismiss/demote; depose; absorb
demitto demitto demittere, demisi, demissus V TRANS :: decend by race/birth; leave (will); let issue rest (on evidence); fell (tree)

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

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.>

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

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 || 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
2 [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.

Latin > German (Georges)

dē-mitto, mīsī, missum, ere, herabschicken, -gehen (-steigen) lassen, -fallen lassen, herabneigen, -senken, -bewegen u. vgl., I) eig.: A) im allg.: α) pers. Objj.: se manibus, sich mit den H. hinablassen, Liv.: alqm per tegulas, Cic.: alqm per murum, Vulg.: e muris canes sportis (in K.), Sall. fr.: funibus per murum demitti, Liv.: de muris per manus demitti, Caes.: per fenestram in sporta per (über) murum demitti, Vulg.: se ad aures alcis, herabneigen, Cic.: se ob assem, sich niederbücken, Hor.: equum in flumen, Cic.: alqm in metallum antiquum, Cic.: se in illos specus, Sen.: alqm in carcerem, Cic.: alqm in id subterraneum, Plin. ep.: se in Ciliciam, sich hinabbegeben, Cic.: alqm ad imos manes, in die Unterwelt hinabschicken, d.i. ihm den Tod geben, Verg.: ebenso Stygiae nocti, Ov.: umbris, Sil.: morti, neci, Orco, Verg.: alqm in foro boario sub terram vivum, Liv. – alto volucrem caelo, herabschießen, Sil. – β) sachl. Objj.: accensam lucernam, hinablassen (in die Grube), Vitr.: aliae falces submissae (aufwärts gerichtet), aliae demissae (nach der Erde gerichtet), Curt.: id ex alto caeli tecto, Hor.: imbrem caelo, regnen lassen, Verg.: paululum corpus a cervicibus, vorbeugen, senken, Cornif. rhet.: u. so demissis umeris esse, Ter.: demissis cervicibus, Prop.: capite demisso, Cic. u. Catull.: manum in alqd, mit der Hand hinabfahren, hinabgreifen, in usw., Val. Max.: caput ad fornicem, hinneigen, Cic.: caput in sinum, herabneigen, Phaedr.: lacrimas, herabfallen lassen, vergießen, Verg. u. Ov.: robora ferro, fällen, Val. Flacc.: flores, die Blüten verlieren, verblühen (vom Baume), Lucr.: rami ilicis ad terram demissi, bis auf die Erde herabhängend, Suet.: vultum in terram, senken, niederschlagen, Curt.: u. so bl. vultus, Ov.: faciem rubore, Aur. Vict.: oculos in terram, herabschweifen lassen (v. Jupiter), Plin. pan. 80, 5; aber oculos in terram, senken, niederschlagen, Liv. 9, 38, 13: oculos, senken, niederschlagen, Ov. met. 15, 612; u. = zufallen lassen (zum Schlaf), Val. Flacc. 3, 41. – dem. aures, herabhängen lassen, senken (als Zeichen der Sanftmut u. Milde, v. Zerberus), Hor. carm. 2, 13, 34 (Ggstz. tollere aures, Hor. epod. 6, 7): aber dem. auriculas, sinken-, hängen lassen (aus Mutlosigkeit, v. Esel), Hor. sat. 1, 9, 20. – dem. aures suas ad verba alcis, jmds. Bitten gnädig anhören, Sen. – Sprichw., de caelo demitti, vom Himmel herabgeschickt werden, d.i. durch übernatürliche Macht entstehen, Liv. 10, 8, 10: u. so caelo demitti, Quint. 1, 6, 16. – B) insbes.: 1) milit. t. t.: a) dem. arma, die Waffen (vor jmd.) senken, (als milit. Begrüßung), Auct. b. Afr. 85, 6 (versch. von arma dimittere, d.i. die Waffen wegwerfen, strecken). – b) dem. castra ad etc., das Lager hinabverlegen, castra relictis locis superioribus ad ripas fluminis, Hirt. b. G. 8, 36, 3. – c) dem. agmen, exercitum u. dgl., eine Mannschaft nach einer niederen, ebenen Gegend hinabziehen lassen, mit einer Mannschaft hinabziehen, agmen in inferiorem campum, in vallem infimam, in Thessaliam u. dgl., Liv.: exercitum in planitiem, in vallem, Frontin. – bl. agmen, levem armaturam, Liv. – refl., dem. se, sich hinabziehen, v. Heereszug, Caes. u. Cic. – 2) als naut. t. t., dem. antennas, die Rahen herablassen, Sall. hist. fr. 4, 41 (49). Auct. b. Alex. 45, 2: effugit hibernas demissa antemna procellas, Ov. trist. 3, 4, 9: u. so stringere vela, demittere armamenta, Sen. de ben. 6, 15, 6. – 3) den Strom hinabschicken, a) segelnd = hinabsegeln lassen, navem eandem secundo amni Scodram, Liv.: quove magis fessas optem demittere naves, quam etc., Verg.: arma, classem, socios dem. Rheno, Tac. – b) schwimmend = hinabschwimmen lassen, pecora secundā aquā, Frontin.: farinam doliis secundā aquā Volturni fluminis, Frontin. – 4) eine Flüssigkeit usw. hinabfließen lassen, a) aktiv = eingießen, einflößen, per cornu singulis (suibus) ternos cyathos gari, Col.: coctos brassicae coliculos triginta ex oleo et garo salivati more, Col. – b) refl. se dem. u. Passiv demitti medial, sich herab- od. hinabergießen, herab- od. hinabfließen, herab- od. hinabströmen, α) v. Gewässern: concava vallis erat, quo (wohin) se demittere rivi assuerant pluvialis aquae, Ov.: Scamander ab Idaeo monte demissus, Mela: Arauris ex Cebennis demissus, Mela: Baetis ex Tarraconensi regione demissus, Mela: Araxes Tauri latere demissus, Mela. – β) v. Blut im Körper: demissus sanguis in pedes, hinabgeströmte, hinabgedrungene, Col. 6, 12, 1 u. 38, 3. – 5) den Bart od. das Haupthaar lang herabhängen-, herabwachsen lassen, Partiz. demissus, lang herabhängend, lang herabgewachsen, dem. barbam, ICt.: mollem malis barbam, Lucr.: barba demissa, Sen. rhet.: barba prope barbarice demissa, Capitol.: demissus capillus, Plin. ep.: demissi capilli, Ov.: demissus crinis, Ov.: demissae comae, Prop.: poet. übtr. auf die Pers., intortos demissus vertice crines, Sil. 3, 284. – 6) ein Gewand lang herabfallen od. -wallen lassen, Passiv demitti, lang herabfallen, -wallen, Partiz. demissus, lang herabfallend od. -wallend (s. Arntzen Aur. Vict. de Caes. 21, 1), togam ad calceos usque, Quint.: latum pectore clavum, Hor.: laxior usque in pedes demittitur toga, Sen. rhet.: tunicam demissam habent ad talos, Varro fr.: usque ad talos demissa purpura, Cic.: praetexta demissa ad talos, Quint.: vestimentum demissum usque ad talos, Spart.: indumenta in talos demissa, Aur. Vict.: laena demissa ex umeris, Verg.: demissa stola, Hor.: tunica demissa, herabhängende = entgürtete, Hor. u. Prop. – 7) in den Boden usw. einfügend, grabend hinablassen, hinabsenken, einsenken, a) Steine, Pfähle usw.: huc caementa (Bausteine), Hor.: huc teretes stipites, Caes.: sublicas in terram, Caes. – prägn., einen Grund usw. in die Tiefe aufführen, legen, triginta pedes in terram turrium fundamenta demissa sunt, Curt. 5, 1 (5), 31. – od. einen Brunnen usw. in die Tiefe graben, alte iubebis in solido puteum demitti, Verg. georg. 2, 230. – b) pflanzend einsenken, setzen, taleam, Cato: altius ea (= eas arbores), quae summā tellure gaudent, Plin.: haec et similia quaternos pedes oportet demitti, Plin. – 8) mit Gewalt einschlagend, einstoßend hinab-, hineinsenken, einschlagen, a) einen Keil usw.: cuneum tenuem ferreum vel osseum inter corticem et materiem ne minus digitos tres, sed considerate, demittito, Col. 5, 11, 4. – b) eine Waffe hinabsenken, hinabstoßen, hinabbohren, gladium in iugulum, Plaut.: ferrum in pectus, Tac.: ensem capulo tenus in armos, Ov.: ferrum iugulo, Ov. – prägn., M. Cato vulnera parum demissa laxans, weil sie nicht tief genug (geschlagen) sind, Sen. ep. 67, 13. – c) ein chirurg. Instrum. einführen, specillum in fistulam, Cels. 5, 28, 12: fistulam in iter urinae, Cels. 7, 26. – 9) (als t. t. der Geom.) eine Linie usw. von oben nach unten beschreiben, fällen, in quattuor partibus volutarum secundum extremi abaci quadram lineae demittendae (sunt), quae cathetoe dicuntur, Vitr. 3, 5, 5. – 10) der Lage nach sichherabziehen lassen, quā se subducere colles incipiunt mollique iugum demittere clivo, Verg. ecl. 9, 7 sq.: gemino demittunt brachia muro, Verg. Aen. 3, 535. – gew. demittere se u. Pasiv demitti medial = sich hinab- od. herabziehen, sich hinab- od. herabsenken, quā se montium iugum paulatim ad planiora demittit, Curt.: tunc specus alte demissus et quantum demittitur amplior, Mela: demissa Piraeum versus muri brachia, Iustin. – II) übtr.: A) im allg.: se animo, Caes., od. animum, Cic., od. mentem, Verg., den Mut sinken lassen, kleinmütig werden. – cum in eum casum fortuna me demisisset, mich hineingebracht, Planc. in Cic. ep.: se in causam, sich einlassen, Cic. – alqd in pectus, sich tief einprägen, zu Herzen nehmen, Liv. – alqm periculo, entfernen, befreien von usw., Prop. – eo rem demittit Epicurus, si unus sensus semel in vita mentitus sit, nulli umquam esse credendum, gibt so weit nach, daß er einräumt, wenn usw.... so sei usw., Cic. Acad. 2, 79. – B) insbes.: 1) sich, seinen Vortrag usw. (ganz seinen Fähigkeiten, seiner Würde entgegen) zu etwas herablassen, herabstimmen, se ad minora, Quint.: vim dicendi ad unum auditorem, Quint.: demitti in adulationem, Tac.: se in preces, Sen. rhet.: nimis se demittere, v. Redner (Ggstz. nimis se attollere), Sen. rhet. – 2) demitti ab alqo u. dgl., abstammen, seinen Ursprung herleiten von usw., ab alto demissum genus Aeneae, Hor.: a magno demissum nomen Iulo, Verg.: Romanus Troiā demissus, Tac.

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demitto, is, isi, issum, ere. 3. :: 放下。 垂。壓。卑之。— censum in viscera 盡食家產。— in carcerem 投監。禁之。— puteum 以井開深。— robora ferro 砍下橡樹。 — animum vel mentem 失望。— librum 樹脫皮。 In adulationem demitto 致諂媚。