demissus

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Latin

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Etymology

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Perfect passive participle of dēmittō.

Pronunciation

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Participle

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dēmissus (feminine dēmissa, neuter dēmissum); first/second-declension participle

  1. dropped, lowered, downcast
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.561:
      Tum breviter Dīdō, voltum dēmissa, profātur: [...].
      Thereupon Dido, having lowered [her] gaze, answers briefly: [...].
      (Dido may be looking downward from her elevated throne; she could also be speaking “with downcast face” to avoid eye contact, understood as an expression of modesty.)
  2. descended
  3. slanting

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative dēmissus dēmissa dēmissum dēmissī dēmissae dēmissa
Genitive dēmissī dēmissae dēmissī dēmissōrum dēmissārum dēmissōrum
Dative dēmissō dēmissō dēmissīs
Accusative dēmissum dēmissam dēmissum dēmissōs dēmissās dēmissa
Ablative dēmissō dēmissā dēmissō dēmissīs
Vocative dēmisse dēmissa dēmissum dēmissī dēmissae dēmissa

Adjective

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dēmissus (feminine dēmissa, neuter dēmissum, comparative dēmissior); first/second-declension adjective

  1. low; low-lying
    Antonyms: altus, sublimis
  2. disheartened, downhearted, downcast, crestfallen, dejected, dispirited
    Synonym: frāctus
  3. humble, poor
    Synonyms: modicus, ignōbilis, humilis, abiectus, sordidus
    Antonyms: altus, sublimis, excelsus

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative dēmissus dēmissa dēmissum dēmissī dēmissae dēmissa
Genitive dēmissī dēmissae dēmissī dēmissōrum dēmissārum dēmissōrum
Dative dēmissō dēmissō dēmissīs
Accusative dēmissum dēmissam dēmissum dēmissōs dēmissās dēmissa
Ablative dēmissō dēmissā dēmissō dēmissīs
Vocative dēmisse dēmissa dēmissum dēmissī dēmissae dēmissa

References

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  • demissus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • demissus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • demissus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be cast down, discouraged, in despair: animo esse humili, demisso (more strongly animo esse fracto, perculso et abiecto) (Att. 3. 2)