diremptus

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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of dirimō (separate, divide).

Pronunciation

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.

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.