DEM 
DEM 
DEM 
film formed like the Greek letter Delta ; 
the triangle. Cic. 
DeLuBRUM (unc.), i> n - a shrine, sam.tu- 
arn temple. Cic. Pro deorum tempi is 
atque delubris. Id. Delubrum Homeri 
dedicaverunt. Id. Delubra Musarum 
PfLOCTS, as, n. 1. and DeLOCTOR (de 
& luctor), aris, dep. 1. to wrestle. 
Plant. .or-, 
DeLuDIFICS (deludo & facio), as, a. 1. 
3 to prut, mock, banter, impose upon, make 
a fool of. Plant. 
DeLuDS (de & ludo), is, usi, usum, a. 3. 
1 to cease fighting as a gladiator. Varr. 
_ If Also, to mock, deceive, delude, 
cheat, banter, frustrate, disappoint, 6ia 
naifeo. Cic. Aliquanto lentius, nihil 
a^ere, atque deludere creperunt. Te¬ 
rent. Deludere aliquem dolis.-ir Fig- 
ur. Propert. TeTra deludet arantes. 
Phadr. Spes me delusit. 
DeLuMBIS (de& lumbus), e , adj. having 
2 the loins sprained or dislocated, weak, fee¬ 
ble. Plin. -If Figur. Pers. Summa 
delumbe saliva hoc natat in labris, It. e. 
soft, effeminate. 
DeLuMBS (delumbis), as, avi, atum, a. 
1. to sprain or dislocate the loins, hip; 
weaken, enfeeble. Plin. Quadrupede 
delunibata. — Figur. Cic. Nec delumbet 
sententias.- IF Also, to bend. Plin. 
Delumbatas radices, bowed, bent. 
DeLOS (de & luo), is, ui, utum, a. 3. to 
2 wash, wash away, tcash clean. Cels. 
DeLCS. See Delos. 
DeLCSIS (deludo), onis, f. mockery, deri- 
3 sion. Srnob. 
DeLuSTRS (de & lustro), as, a. 1. the 
3 same as Lustro. Mpul. 
DeLOTS (de&lutum), as, a. 1. to daub 
3 with day or lime. Cato. 
DeJIXDeSI 3 (de & madesco), is , n. 3. 
3 to become moist. Scribon. Larcr. 
DEMXGIS(de & magis), adv. very much. 
3 Ludl. 
DeMaNDS (de & mando), as, avi, atom, 
2 a. 1. to commit, intrust, give in charge, 
iirorpkoi. Liv. Curam eorum tribunis 
demandabant. Id. Plures pueri unius 
cur® demandabantur. Sueton. Testa- 
mentum virgini Vestali demandare, to 
consign.- —IT Figur. Justin. Conjuges 
Iiherosque abditis insulis demandant, 
L e. recondunt. Sueton. Aliquem ob 
seditionis periculum in aliquant civita- 
tera demandare, h. e. securitatis causa 
deponere. 
DeMaNS (de&mano), as, n. 1. to stream 
Am,Jlow along. Gcll. Demanare per 
pulmonem. Catull. Tenuis sub artus 
flamma demanat. 
DSMaRCHCS (3)ifi.apx n s), i, m. arnongthe 
" Greeks aruler of the people,tribune. Plant. 
DeJRaCOLUM (demeo), i, n. a descent. 
J dpiil. 
DlMINS(de& mens), entis, adject, out 
of ones mind, mad, raving, foolish, iraoa- 
#/>«'. Cic. In tranquillo tempestatem 
Mtersam optare dementis est. Id. 
™nus dementissimte temeritatis. Id. 
Iragico Oreste dementior. Id. Desi- 
Pere, delirare, dementem esse. Virg. 
Discordia demens. Propert. Demens 
juror. Korat. Demens strepitus. 
eMeNSIS (demetior), onis, f. a measur- 
■’*?. Cic. 
DeMeNSUM(I d.), i, n. a monthly allowance 
i meat, drink, and corn, riven to slaves. 
Ttrent. ° 
tolsNTER (demens), adv. madly, foolish- 
T Cic. Tanta res tain dementer cre- 
Dem-' \mf nec ' l)eme ntissime testabitur. 
™TIX(demens), se, f. madness, folly, 
/»W«css. Cic. Animi affectionem lu- 
llle Mentis carentem nominaverunt 
mentiam, eandemque dementiam. Id. 
“Mines dementia aliqua depravati. 
‘«m. in f U g a safutem sperare, ea 
H i i 10 ( demens )) is, Ivi, itum, n. 
f.J °, e S° out of one's senses. Lu- 
^Ammus dementit enim, deliraque 
L 'j °i as > n. 1. the same as Demen 
lactant. 
•F.i/jlif ^ meo )) as > n - !• to descend. 
^n. 2 t (d® & mereo), es, ui, Itum, 
Pfaj . merit i deserve, KcpSaivw. 
eritas ltetitias. 
dem pecuniam demerebat.-IT Also, 
to gain the favor of, oblige, endear. Sue¬ 
ton. Avunculum in Hispanias subsecu- 
tus magnopere demeruit. 
DeMERESR (de &. inereor), eris, Itus 
sum, dep. 2. to gain the favor of, oblige, 
endear, deserve well at one's hands. Liv. 
Demerendi beneficio tam potentem civi- 
tatem occasio. Tacit. Plura stepe pec- 
cantur, dum demeremur, quam dum of- 
fendimus. Colum.. Matrona amoenita- 
te aliqua demerenda erit. 
DeMeRGS (de & mergo), is, si, sum, 
a. 3. to plunge in the water, sink, drown, 
bury, K-araSbio. Cic. Demersi sunt in 
aqua. Plin. Demergere navigia. Ovid. 
Dapes avidam demersit in alvum. Co¬ 
lum. Semen demergere, to sow, plant. 
Pallad. Surculos demergere, to ingraft. 
-IT Figur. Ncpos Fortuna eum de¬ 
mergere est adorta. Cic. Patriam de- 
mersain extuli. Liv. Plebs aire alieno 
demersa, over head and ears in debt. 
Justin. Rheam in perpetuam v' ginita- 
tem demersit. 
DeMkRSIS (demergo), onis, f. a sinking 
3 down. Macrob. 
DeMeRSOS (Id.), us, m. the same as De- 
3 mersio. .ipal. 
DEMETIOR. 1 See Dimetinr. 
DeMeTS, are. See Dimeto. 
DiiMitTS (de & meto), is, essui, essum, 
a. 3. to mow, reap, cut down, crop, pull, 
pluck, gather, dwoSepitjtu. Cic. Fructus 
demetendi. Catull Flaventia demetit 
arva. Plin Demetere uvas. Virg. 
Flos demessus.- II Also, to cut, cut 
off. Ovid. Demetit ense caput.- 
II Also, Colum. Demessi favi, taken from 
the hives. 
DeMIGRaTIS (demigro), onis, f. anemi- 
2 gration, removing from one place to anoth¬ 
er, awoiKiu. JVepos. 
DeMTGRS (de & migro), as, avi, atum, 
n. 1. to remove, change one's place of 
residence, migrate, emigrate, peTOiKiljo). 
Cic. Demierandum aliquo est. Cats. 
Demigrare de oppidis. JVepos. ex insu¬ 
la. Id. Athenas demigravit. Cic. Demi¬ 
grare in alia loca. Stat. Demigvant 
Ilelicone dem. Cic. Demigrare ad ali¬ 
quem. -II Also, to go away, depart. 
Plant. Animam amittunt, priusquam 
loco demigrent.-IT Figur. Cic. Ve- 
tat enim deus, injussu liinc nos suo 
demigrare, h. e. e vita discedere. Id. 
Muita mihi dant solatia, nec tamen ego 
de meo statu demigro. Id. Demigrare 
ab improbis, to stand, aloof from, quit. 
DeMINoRS. See Diminoro. 3 
DeMINOS, with its derivat. See Diminuo. 
DeMTRSR (de & miror), aris, situs sum, 
dep. 1 . to admire, wonder at greatly, 
think strange, irrepSavpagto. Cic. Htec 
vos sperasse, demiror. Id. Quod de- 
miror equidem. Gcll. Deinirari auda- 
ciam alicujus. Terent. Quid mihi di- 
cent? demiror, h. e. I wonder what they 
will say. Plant. Demiror quid sit. 
DeMTSSe (demissus), adverb, low, meanly, 
abjectly, humbly. Ovid, hie alte, demis- 
sius ille volabat.-U Figur. Cic. Hu 
militer demisseque sentire. Id. Demis- 
se respondere alicui. Brut. Supplici 
ter ac demisse gratias agere. Cws. H;p,c 
demississime exponit. 
DeMISSIS (demitto), onis, f. a letting fall, 
sinking, lowering. Cats. Quantum sto- 
rearum demissio patiebatur, tantum 
elevabant. Macrob. Barbie prolixa de 
missio. - IT Figur. Cic. Animi de¬ 
missio, lowness of spirits, dejection. - 
IT Also, abatement. Ccr.l. Burel. 
DeMISSITIOS, and DEMTSSICrOS (de- 
3 mitto), a, inn, adject, reaching down 
wards, long, flowing. Plant. Tunica 
demissitia. 
DeMISSOS (demitto), a, uni, particip. 
and adj. low, let down, hanging down. 
Terent. Virgines demissis httmeris. 
Ovid. Si demissior ibis. Cats. Tigna 
demissa in flumen. Id. Demissa ac 
palustria Iocn. Senec. Demissa vulnera, 
deep. Horat. Demissa tempestas ab 
Euro. Valer. Flacc. Hiems demissa 
Jovi, h. e. ab Jove. Horat. Demissa 
per aures. Id. Demissus Oreo, h. c. in 
Orcum. Virg. L*na demissa ex liu- 
meris, hanging. Cic. Demisso capite 
discedere. Virg. Demissa; aures. Id. 
Dido demissa vultum, with downcast 
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looks. Id. Demissa voce loqui, with a 
low voice. Plin. Demissus capillus, 
long hair. - "f Figur. Cic. Erigere 
animum demissum, cast down, disheart¬ 
ened. Tacit. Usque ad servilem pati- 
eritiam demissus. Id. Demissus in 
adulationem, abject, mean. Cic. Tristia 
et demissus, downcast. Id. Orator de¬ 
missior, moderate. Horat- <^(enus de¬ 
missum ab .(Enea, descendsop., derived. 
Tacit. Romanus Troja denussus, de¬ 
scended, sprung. - II Also, modest, 
humble, unassuming. Cic. Sit apud vos, 
sit demissis bominibus perfugium. 
DeMITIGQ (de & mitigo), as, a. 1. to 
1 make gentle, calm. Cic. Nosmet quoti- 
die demitigamur. 
De MITTS (de & mitto), is, tsi, Issum, a. 
3. to send down, cast, thrust, or let down, 
hang down, let fall, lower, KarajiaWw, 
Kafriypi. Virg. Ca;lo demittitis im- 
, brem. Id. Maia genitum dernittit ab 
alto. Id. Deinittere aliquem ad imos 
manes. Liv. quempiain in carcerem. 
Id. equum e campo in viam cavam. 
Cic. aliquem per teguias. Id. se 
ad aurem alicujus. Id. Caput ad 
fornicem Fabii demittebat. Virg. al¬ 
te jubebis In solido puteiun dmnitti, 
h. c. to\c sunk deep. Id. Deinittere la- 
crimas, to let fall, shed. Lucret. bar- 
bam, to let grow. Valer. Flacc. robora 
ferro, to fell or (cut down. Id. oculos. 
Ovid, vultum. 'Jjacit. ferrum in ilia, 
to thrust. Ovid, ferrum jugulo. Plin. 
altius arbores, to plant. Cidum. cuneum 
inter corticem et materiam, to drive 
dawn, impel. - ir Demittere morti, to 
kill. Virg. So, Ovid. Demittere nocti. 
-H Also, to shed. Lucret. Arbusta, 
et certo deinittunt tempore flores. - 
11 Figur. Cic. Demittere se penitus in 
causam, to devote, or give himself wholly 
to. Virg. Gemino demittunt brachia 
muro turriti scopuli. Id. Colies de¬ 
mittunt jngnm molli clivo. Quintil. 
Ad minora ilia demittere me, non recu- 
sabo, to condescend. Tacit. Demitti in 
adulationem. - IT Also, to impress 
deeply on the mind. Sallust. Hoc in pec¬ 
tus tuurn demitte. Liv. Voces in pec- 
tora animosque demittere. - U De¬ 
mittere se, and demittere animum, to 
lose courage, despond, despair. Cces. Se 
animo demittere. Cic. Victi debilitan- 
tur, animosque demittunt. Virg. De¬ 
mittunt mentes. 
DeMTuRGOS (Srjptovpyos), i, m. the 
2 chief magistrate in some of the Grecian 
states. Liv. 
DeiMS (de & emo), is, dempsi and demsi, 
demptum and demtum, a. 3. to take away, 
take off, subtract, withdraw, afiaipeto. Cic. 
'JEisculapii barbam auream demijussit. 
Liv. Clypeade columnis dempsit. Plaut. 
Quantum aurum herus sibi dempsit, 
hath, taken to his own share. Cic. Deme- 
re de capite, to take from the whole sum. 
Cels. Demendum aliquid ex cibo. Ovid. 
Demere juga equis, to take off. Id. 
Demptus ab arbore fetus, plucked, gath¬ 
ered. Sueton. barbam, h. e. raaere. 
Cic. Demere caput alicujus, to cut off. 
Plaut. Deme soleas, take off your san¬ 
dals. Ovid. Demere soleam pedi. 
Cic. Dempta leternitate, putting out of 
the question. Ovid. Dempto fine, for¬ 
ever. -— IT Figur. Cic. Demere so- 
iicitudinem, to remove, appease. Terent. 
alicui molestiam. Liv. ignominiam. 
Ovid, fidern alicui rei. Id. spem alicui 
Sueton. Demere aliquid ex consuetudi- 
ne, to abate. Lucret. moororem e pecto- 
re, to remove. Liv. Dempto auctore, be¬ 
ing now dead. 
D k M8CRITCS (AnpoKpiroy), i, m. a cele¬ 
brated philosopher of Mdcra. — Hence, 
Deinocriteus, and Democritlcus, a, um, 
adj. of or relating to Democritus. Cic. De- 
mocritea (dogmata). Id. Democritici 
philosophi, h. c. disciples of Democritus. 
DgMOLIO (de & molio), is, ivi, itum, 
3 a. 4. In pull down, demolish. Varr. 
DeMoDISR (de & molior), iris, itus sum, 
dep. 4. to batter, throw, nr pull down, de¬ 
molish, destroy, KarafldWio. dtroaKeva- 
gopai. Cic. Statuas deinoliendas lo¬ 
cate. Id. Domum Scaurus dfemolitus. 
-IT Figur. Ovid. Submit haec sevi, 
demoliturque prioris robora, breaks 
down. Lie. Si quod cuiquam officiet 
