demissus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of dēmittō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːˈmis.sus/, [d̪eːˈmɪs̠ːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈmis.sus/, [d̪eˈmisːus]

Participle

dēmissus (feminine dēmissa, neuter dēmissum); first/second-declension participle

1. dropped, lowered, downcast
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.561:

     Tum breviter Dīdō, voltum dēmissa, profātur: [...].

     Thereupon Dido, having lowered [her] gaze, answers briefly: [...].
     (Dido may be looking downward from her elevated throne; she could also be speaking “with downcast face” to avoid eye contact, understood as an expression of modesty.)

2. descended
3. 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

1. low; low-lying

   Antonyms: altus, sublimis

2. disheartened, downhearted, downcast, crestfallen, dejected, dispirited

   Synonym: frāctus

3. 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^[1], 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)