demissus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of dēmittō.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /deːˈmis.sus/, [deːˈmɪs.sʊs]

Participle

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

  1. dropped
  2. descended
  3. slanting

Inflection

First/second declension.

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

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

  1. low; low-lying
  2. disheartened, downhearted

Inflection

First/second declension.

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

  • 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, 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)
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