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Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of redimiō.
Participle
redimītus (feminine redimīta, neuter redimītum); first/second-declension participle
- (having been) bound or wreathed round; (having been) garlanded
- (having been) crowned
8 CE,
Ovid,
Fasti 4.661–662:
- intereā placidam redimitā papāvere frontem
nox venit et sēcum somnia nigra trahit.- Meanwhile, her gentle brow crowned with poppy,
Night comes, and with her she draws shadowy dreams.
- (having been) surrounded, (having been) encircled
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
References
- “redimitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- redimitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.