demeto

demeto

Latin

Etymology

    From dē- + metō.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    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

    References

    • 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