demersus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of dēmergō.

Participle

dēmersus (feminine dēmersa, neuter dēmersum); first/second-declension participle

  1. submerged, overwhelmed
  2. immersed, plunged
  3. set
  4. buried
  5. plunged, dipped

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative dēmersus dēmersa dēmersum dēmersī dēmersae dēmersa
Genitive dēmersī dēmersae dēmersī dēmersōrum dēmersārum dēmersōrum
Dative dēmersō dēmersō dēmersīs
Accusative dēmersum dēmersam dēmersum dēmersōs dēmersās dēmersa
Ablative dēmersō dēmersā dēmersō dēmersīs
Vocative dēmerse dēmersa dēmersum dēmersī dēmersae dēmersa

References

  • demersus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • demersus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • demersus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be deeply in debt: aere alieno obrutum, demersum esse