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demeto

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Latin

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Etymology

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From dē- +‎ metō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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dēmetō (present infinitive dēmetere, perfect active dēmessuī, supine dēmessum); third conjugation

  1. to reap, cut or mow
  2. to cut down
  3. to pick (fruit)
  4. to gather
  5. to shear

Conjugation

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References

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  • demeto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • demeto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • demeto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to reap: fructus demetere or percipere