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dimoveo

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Latin

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Etymology

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From dis- +‎ moveō (move).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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dīmoveō (present infinitive dīmovēre, perfect active dīmōvī, supine dīmōtum); second conjugation

  1. to move, move aside, or put asunder; part, separate, divide, dislodge, cleave; remove, take away
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.6-7:
      Postera Phoebēā lūstrābat lampade terrās,
      ūmentemque Aurōra polō dimōverat umbram, [...].
      The next day, Aurora was roving the lands with the lamp of Phoebus, and had removed the damp shadow from the sky, [...].
  2. (of a group of persons or things) to disperse, drive away, dismiss

Conjugation

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References

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  • dimoveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • dimoveo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • dimoveo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.