adimō
Meaning
- to take away, snatch away, carry off; steal; capture
- figurativelyto take away, deprive of
[...] dat somnōs adimitque, et lūmina morte resignat.
[Mercury] gives sleep and takes it away, and unseals eyes in death.29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.244 - to remove (from a situation), save, rescue
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
auferō, ēripiōChoosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Demere · Adimere · Eximere · Auferre · Eripere · Surripere · Furari
1. Demere, adimere, and eximere, denote a taking away without force or fraud; demere (from de-imere) means to take away a part from a whole, which thereby becomes less, in opp. to addere, or adjicere. Cic. Orat. ii. 25. Fam. i. 7. Acad. iv. 16. Cels. i. 3. Liv. ii. 60; adimere, to take away a possession from its possessor, who thereby becomes poorer, in opp. to dare and reddere. Cic. Verr. i. 52. Fam. viii. 10. Phil. xi. 8. Suet. Aug. 48. Tac. Ann. xiii. 56; eximere, to remove an evil from a person oppressed by it, whereby he feels himself lightened. 2. Auferre, eripere, surripere, and furari, involve the notion of an illegal and unjust taking away; auferre, as a general expression for taking away anything; eripere, by force to snatch away; surripere and furari, secretly and by cunning; but surripere may be used for taking away privily, even when just and prudent self-defence may be pleaded as the motive; whereas furari (φωρᾶν, φέρω) is only applicable to the mean handicraft of the thief. Sen. Prov. 5. Quid opus fuit auferre? accipere potuistis; sed ne nunc quidem auferetis, quia nihil eripitu nisi retinenti. Cic. Verr. i. 4, 60. Si quis clam surripiat aut eripiat palam atque auferat: and ii. 1, 3. Non furem sed ereptorem. (iv. 123.)
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | adimō | adimēbam | adimam | adēmī | adēmeram | adēmerō |
| 2nd sg. | adimis | adimēbās | adimēs | adēmistī | adēmerās | adēmeris |
| 3rd sg. | adimit | adimēbat | adimet | adēmit | adēmerat | adēmerit |
| 1st pl. | adimimus | adimēbāmus | adimēmus | adēmimus | adēmerāmus | adēmerimus |
| 2nd pl. | adimitis | adimēbātis | adimētis | adēmistis | adēmerātis | adēmeritis |
| 3rd pl. | adimunt | adimēbant | adiment | adēmērunt adēmēre | adēmerant | adēmerint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | adimam | adimerem | adēmerim | adēmissem |
| 2nd sg. | adimās | adimerēs | adēmerīs | adēmissēs |
| 3rd sg. | adimat | adimeret | adēmerit | adēmisset |
| 1st pl. | adimāmus | adimerēmus | adēmerīmus | adēmissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | adimātis | adimerētis | adēmerītis | adēmissētis |
| 3rd pl. | adimant | adimerent | adēmerint | adēmissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | adimor | adimēbar | adimar |
| 2nd sg. | adimeris adimere | adimēbāris adimēbāre | adimēris adimēre |
| 3rd sg. | adimitur | adimēbātur | adimētur |
| 1st pl. | adimimur | adimēbāmur | adimēmur |
| 2nd pl. | adimiminī | adimēbāminī | adimēminī |
| 3rd pl. | adimuntur | adimēbantur | adimentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | adimar | adimerer |
| 2nd sg. | adimāris adimāre | adimerēris adimerēre |
| 3rd sg. | adimātur | adimerētur |
| 1st pl. | adimāmur | adimerēmur |
| 2nd pl. | adimāminī | adimerēminī |
| 3rd pl. | adimantur | adimerentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | adime | adimere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | adimite | adimiminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | adimitō | adimitor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | adimitō | adimitor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | adimitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | adimuntō | adimuntor |
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | adimere | adimī |
| perfect infinitive | adēmisse | adēmptum esse |
| future infinitive | adēmptūrum esse | adēmptum īrī |
| present participle | adimēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | adēmptus adēmpta, adēmptā, adēmptae, adēmptam, adēmptārum, adēmptās, adēmpte, adēmptī, adēmptīs, adēmptō, adēmptōrum, adēmptōs |
| future participle | adēmptūrus adēmptūra, adēmptūrā, adēmptūrae, adēmptūram, adēmptūrārum, adēmptūrās, adēmptūre, adēmptūrī, adēmptūrīs, adēmptūrō, adēmptūrōrum, adēmptūrōs, adēmptūrum | adimendus adimundus, adimenda, adimendā, adimendae, adimendam, adimendārum, adimendās, adimende, adimendīs, adimendōrum, adimendōs |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- spem alicui adimere, tollere, auferre, eripere
- to deprive a person of hope.
- facultatem, potestatem alicui eripere, adimere
- to deprive a man of the chance of doing a thing.
- curae somnum mihi adimunt, dormire me non sinunt
- I cannot sleep for anxiety.
si ego memorem quae me erga fecisti bene, nox diem adimat, would take away, consume, Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 57: multa ferunt anni venientes commoda secum; multa recedentes adimunt, take them away with themselves, as a fine antithesis to secum ferunt, Hor. A. P. 175: ut istas compedes tibi adimam, huic dem, Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 31: metum, Ter. And. 2, 2, 2; so id. Heaut. 3, 1, 13; id. Hec. 5, 3, 19; id. Phorm. 1, 3, 9: Juppiter, ingentes qui das adimisque dolores, Hor. S. 2, 3, 288: animam, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 137: postquam adempta spes est, Ter. And. 2, 1, 4: alicui vitam, Cic. Planc. 42: pecuniam, id. Quint. 15, 49: somnum, id. Att. 2, 16: libertatem, id. Dom. 9: exercitum, id. Phil. 11, 8: aditum litoris, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 32: omnia sociis, Sall. C. 12, 5: arma militibus, Liv. 22, 44: vires ad vincendum, id. 23, 18: imperium, id. 22, 27: pernicitatem, Tac. H. 1, 79.—And absol.: Qui propter invidiam adimunt diviti, Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 46.—Poet. with inf. as object: adimam cantare severis, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 9 (cf. Gr. ἀφαιρήσομαι ἀείδειν, I will prohibit them to sing; so Ov. Pont. 1, 7, 47; Sil. 9, 425).—hanc, nisi mors, mihi adimet nemo, Ter. And. 4, 2, 14: virgo, quae puellas audis adimisque leto, Hor. C. 3, 22, 3.—(For the distinction between demere, adimere, eximere, v. Lamb. ad Cic. Fam. 1, 7; cf. Cic. Rep. 2, 31; Bentl. Hor. C. 4, 15, 18; and cf. Doed. Syn. IV. pp. 123-126.)Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinadimō
Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₁émeti Proto-Italic *emō Latin emō Latin adimō From ad- (“to, towards, at”) + emō (“buy; acquire”).
- Englishadeem
- Englishadempt