demeto
ψυχῆς πείρατα ἰὼν οὐκ ἂν ἐξεύροιο πᾶσαν ἐπιπορευόμενος ὁδόν· οὕτω βαθὺν λόγον ἔχει → one would never discover the limits of soul, should one traverse every road—so deep a measure does it possess
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dē-mēto: āre, v. dimeto.
dē-mĕto: messŭi, messum, 3,
I v. a., to mow, reap, cut off, gather, crop, harvest (class.). Usually of fruits: tempora demetendis fructibus et percipiendis accommodata, Cic. de Sen. 19, 70; cf. id. N. D. 2, 62 fin.: hordeum, Cass. Hem. ap. Prisc. p. 903 P.: demesso frumento, * Caes. B. G. 4, 32, 4; so, frumentum, Liv. 34, 26: segetes, Tac. A. 14, 24; cf.: Galli armati alienos agros demetunt, Cic. Rep. 3, 9, 15: demessa est terra, Vulg. Apoc. 14. 16.—Less freq. (poet. or in post-Aug. prose) of other objects: pollice florem, to pluck off, Verg. A. 11, 68: favos, i. e. to cut out, take out, Col. 9, 15, 12: testes caudamque adultero (ferrum), Hor. S. 1, 2, 46; cf.: huic ense caput, to behead, Ov. M. 5, 104; and absol.: acies ferro demetit, Sil. 16, 102.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) dēmētō ou dīmētō, āvī, ātum, āre, tr., pass. dimetatus Cic. Nat. 2, 110, et plutôt dēmētor ou dīmētor, ātus sum, ārī, tr., délimiter : Cic. Nat. 2, 155 ; Liv. 8, 38, 7.
(2) dēmĕtō,¹³ messŭī, messum, ĕre, tr., abattre en coupant, moissonner : tempora demetendis fructibus et percipiendis accommodata Cic. CM 70, temps propices à la moisson et à la récolte ; alienos agros Cic. Rep. 3, 16, moissonner les champs des autres ; demesso frumento Cæs. G. 4, 32, 4, le blé étant moissonné || cueillir : Virg. En. 11, 68 || couper, trancher : Hor. S. 1, 2, 46 ; Ov. M. 5, 104 ; Sil. 16, 102.
