Latin edit

Etymology edit

From dis- +‎ moveō (move).

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Verb edit

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 edit

   Conjugation of dīmoveō (second conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dīmoveō dīmovēs dīmovet dīmovēmus dīmovētis dīmovent
imperfect dīmovēbam dīmovēbās dīmovēbat dīmovēbāmus dīmovēbātis dīmovēbant
future dīmovēbō dīmovēbis dīmovēbit dīmovēbimus dīmovēbitis dīmovēbunt
perfect dīmōvī dīmōvistī dīmōvit dīmōvimus dīmōvistis dīmōvērunt,
dīmōvēre
pluperfect dīmōveram dīmōverās dīmōverat dīmōverāmus dīmōverātis dīmōverant
future perfect dīmōverō dīmōveris dīmōverit dīmōverimus dīmōveritis dīmōverint
passive present dīmoveor dīmovēris,
dīmovēre
dīmovētur dīmovēmur dīmovēminī dīmoventur
imperfect dīmovēbar dīmovēbāris,
dīmovēbāre
dīmovēbātur dīmovēbāmur dīmovēbāminī dīmovēbantur
future dīmovēbor dīmovēberis,
dīmovēbere
dīmovēbitur dīmovēbimur dīmovēbiminī dīmovēbuntur
perfect dīmōtus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect dīmōtus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect dīmōtus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dīmoveam dīmoveās dīmoveat dīmoveāmus dīmoveātis dīmoveant
imperfect dīmovērem dīmovērēs dīmovēret dīmovērēmus dīmovērētis dīmovērent
perfect dīmōverim dīmōverīs dīmōverit dīmōverīmus dīmōverītis dīmōverint
pluperfect dīmōvissem dīmōvissēs dīmōvisset dīmōvissēmus dīmōvissētis dīmōvissent
passive present dīmovear dīmoveāris,
dīmoveāre
dīmoveātur dīmoveāmur dīmoveāminī dīmoveantur
imperfect dīmovērer dīmovērēris,
dīmovērēre
dīmovērētur dīmovērēmur dīmovērēminī dīmovērentur
perfect dīmōtus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect dīmōtus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dīmovē dīmovēte
future dīmovētō dīmovētō dīmovētōte dīmoventō
passive present dīmovēre dīmovēminī
future dīmovētor dīmovētor dīmoventor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives dīmovēre dīmōvisse dīmōtūrum esse dīmovērī dīmōtum esse dīmōtum īrī
participles dīmovēns dīmōtūrus dīmōtus dīmovendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
dīmovendī dīmovendō dīmovendum dīmovendō dīmōtum dīmōtū

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References edit

  • 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.