diremptus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of dirimō (“separate, divide”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /diˈreːmp.tus/, [d̪ɪˈreːmpt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /diˈremp.tus/, [d̪iˈrɛmpt̪us]

Participle

dirēmptus (feminine dirēmpta, neuter dirēmptum); first/second-declension participle

1. separated, divided, having been taken apart.
2. interrupted, disturbed, having been delayed.
3. frustrated, destroyed, having been frustrated.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	dirēmptus	dirēmpta	dirēmptum		dirēmptī	dirēmptae	dirēmpta
Genitive	dirēmptī	dirēmptae	dirēmptī		dirēmptōrum	dirēmptārum	dirēmptōrum
Dative	dirēmptō		dirēmptō		dirēmptīs
Accusative	dirēmptum	dirēmptam	dirēmptum		dirēmptōs	dirēmptās	dirēmpta
Ablative	dirēmptō	dirēmptā	dirēmptō		dirēmptīs
Vocative	dirēmpte	dirēmpta	dirēmptum		dirēmptī	dirēmptae	dirēmpta

Descendants

• English: dirempt

References

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