demissio
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dēmissĭo: ōnis, f. id.,
I a letting down, sinking, lowering (very rare).
I 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.—
II Trop. *
A (Acc. to demissus, no. II. A.): animi, dejection, * Cic. Tusc. 3, 7, 14. —*
B In medic. lang., an abatement, mitigation (opp. accessio), Coel. Aur. Acut. 1, 4.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dēmissĭō,¹⁶ ōnis, f. (demitto),
1 abaissement : storiarum Cæs. C. 2, 9, 5, des rideaux
