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Latin
Etymology
From ad- (“to, towards, at”) + emō (“buy; acquire”).
Pronunciation
Verb
adimō (present infinitive adimere, perfect active adēmī, supine adēmptum); third conjugation
- to take away, snatch away, carry off; steal; capture
- Synonyms: auferō, āvertō, abdūcō, prīvō, dīripiō, ēripiō, rapiō, āmoveō, rēmoveō, exhauriō, fraudō, dēmō, tollō, praedor, corripiō, agō, dēstringō, extorqueō
- (figuratively) to take away, deprive of
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 4.244:
- dat somnōs adimitque, et lūmina morte resignat.
- gives sleep and takes it away, and unseals eyes in death.
- to remove (from a situation), save, rescue
- Synonyms: salvō, tūtor, vindicō, cū̆stōdiō, sospitō, teneō, servō, prōtegō, dēfendō, tegō, eximō, tueor, legō, arceō, ēripiō, excipiō, prohibeō
- Antonyms: immineō, īnstō
Conjugation
1At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to"). It is also attested as having a rare sigmatic future passive indicative form ("will have been"), which is not attested in the plural for any verb.
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References
- “adimo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “adimo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- adimo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- I cannot sleep for anxiety: curae somnum mihi adimunt, dormire me non sinunt
- to deprive a man of the chance of doing a thing: facultatem, potestatem alicui eripere, adimere
- to deprive a person of hope: spem alicui adimere, tollere, auferre, eripere