demissus
Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of dēmittō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /deːˈmis.sus/, [d̪eːˈmɪs̠ːʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈmis.sus/, [d̪eˈmisːus]
Participle
dēmissus (feminine dēmissa, neuter dēmissum); first/second-declension participle
- dropped
- descended
- slanting
Declension
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
dēmissus (feminine dēmissa, neuter dēmissum, comparative dēmissior); first/second-declension adjective
- low; low-lying
- Antonyms: altus, sublimis
- disheartened, downhearted, downcast, crestfallen, dejected, dispirited
- Synonym: frāctus
- humble, poor
- Synonyms: modicus, ignōbilis, humilis, abiectus, sordidus
- Antonyms: altus, sublimis, excelsus
Declension
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
- “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)
- to be cast down, discouraged, in despair: animo esse humili, demisso (more strongly animo esse fracto, perculso et abiecto) (Att. 3. 2)