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dē-mēto, āre, v. dimeto.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
dē-mĕto, messŭi, messum, 3
* 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.
* 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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