LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

dēmergō

dēmergō (present infinitive dēmergere, perfect active dēmersī, supine dēmersum)
Classical[deːˈmɛr.ɡoː]Ecclesiastical[deˈmɛr.ɡo]

Meaning

  1. to sink or submerge, plunge into
  2. to overwhelm, depress
  3. to bury

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.dēmergōdēmergēbamdēmergamdēmersīdēmerseramdēmerserō
2nd sg.dēmergisdēmergēbāsdēmergēsdēmersistīdēmerserāsdēmerseris
3rd sg.dēmergitdēmergēbatdēmergetdēmersitdēmerseratdēmerserit
1st pl.dēmergimusdēmergēbāmusdēmergēmusdēmersimusdēmerserāmusdēmerserimus
2nd pl.dēmergitisdēmergēbātisdēmergētisdēmersistisdēmerserātisdēmerseritis
3rd pl.dēmerguntdēmergēbantdēmergentdēmersērunt
dēmersēre		dēmerserantdēmerserint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.dēmergamdēmergeremdēmerserimdēmersissem
2nd sg.dēmergāsdēmergerēsdēmerserīsdēmersissēs
3rd sg.dēmergatdēmergeretdēmerseritdēmersisset
1st pl.dēmergāmusdēmergerēmusdēmerserīmusdēmersissēmus
2nd pl.dēmergātisdēmergerētisdēmerserītisdēmersissētis
3rd pl.dēmergantdēmergerentdēmerserintdēmersissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.dēmergordēmergēbardēmergar
2nd sg.dēmergeris
dēmergere		dēmergēbāris
dēmergēbāre		dēmergēris
dēmergēre
3rd sg.dēmergiturdēmergēbāturdēmergētur
1st pl.dēmergimurdēmergēbāmurdēmergēmur
2nd pl.dēmergiminīdēmergēbāminīdēmergēminī
3rd pl.dēmergunturdēmergēbanturdēmergentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.dēmergardēmergerer
2nd sg.dēmergāris
dēmergāre		dēmergerēris
dēmergerēre
3rd sg.dēmergāturdēmergerētur
1st pl.dēmergāmurdēmergerēmur
2nd pl.dēmergāminīdēmergerēminī
3rd pl.dēmerganturdēmergerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.dēmergedēmergere
pres. 2nd pl.dēmergitedēmergiminī
fut. 2nd sg.dēmergitōdēmergitor
fut. 3rd sg.dēmergitōdēmergitor
fut. 2nd pl.dēmergitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.dēmerguntōdēmerguntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivedēmergeredēmergī
perfect infinitivedēmersissedēmersum esse
future infinitivedēmersūrum essedēmersum īrī
present participledēmergēns—
perfect participle—dēmersus
dēmersa, dēmersā, dēmersae, dēmersam, dēmersārum, dēmersās, dēmerse, dēmersīs, dēmersō, dēmersōrum, dēmersōs
future participledēmersūrus
dēmersūra, dēmersūrā, dēmersūrae, dēmersūram, dēmersūrārum, dēmersūrās, dēmersūre, dēmersūrī, dēmersūrīs, dēmersūrō, dēmersūrōrum, dēmersūrōs, dēmersūrum		dēmergendus
dēmergundus, dēmergenda, dēmergendā, dēmergendae, dēmergendam, dēmergendārum, dēmergendās, dēmergende, dēmergendīs, dēmergendōrum, dēmergendōs
gerunddēmergendī, dēmergendō, dēmergendumsupinedēmersum, dēmersū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

in terram demergi
to sink into the earth.
aere alieno obrutum, demersum esse
to be deeply in debt.

dē-mergo, si, sum, 3,
I. v. a., to sink, submerge, to plunge into, to dip (class.).
I. Lit.: candens ferrum in gelidum imbrem, Lucr. 6, 149: pars remorum demersa liquore, id. 4, 441; cf.: cornix demersit caput, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 8 fin.; and demersis aequora rostris Ima petunt, Verg. A. 9, 119: Marium senile corpus paludibus occultasse demersum, Cic. Sest. 22, 50; cf. id. Div. 2, 68; id. Fin. 2, 32, 105: navem, Plin. 32, 2, 6, § 15: triremem hostium perforare et demergere, Auct. B. Alex. 25, 5; 31 fin.: pullos mari, Suet. Tib 2; and in pass. of a person: vehementi circio bis paene demersus est, id. Claud. 17: plebem in fossas cloacasque exhauriendas, i. e. to busy, employ, Liv. 1, 59; cf.: vultum in undas, Prop. 3, 18, 9 (4, 17, 9 M.): metalla, Plin. H. N. 33 prooem.: stirpem, to sink or set in, to plant (with deponere), Col. 3, 18, 2 sq.; cf. surculos, Pall. Febr. 17, 3: dapes in alvum, Ov. M. 15, 105; cf. id. ib. 6, 664: si quando nos demersimus, ut qui urinantur, Cic. Ac. Fragm. ap. Non. 474, 27.—Poet.: colla demersere humeris (i. e. absconderunt), Stat. Th. 6, 850.—
B. Esp. of the sun-god, etc., to sink in the sea, cause to set (poet.): sex ubi sustulerit totidem demerserit orbes purpureum rapido qui vehit axe diem, Ov. F. 3, 517 sq.: Titan igniferi tantum demerserat orbis, quantum, etc., Luc. 3, 41 sq.—
C. Intrans., to set (late Lat.): demergit sol et nascitur, Min. Fel. 34, 11.—
II. Trop., to sink, depress, overwhelm: animus depressus et quasi demersus in terram, Cic. de Sen. 21: demersae leges alicujus opibus, emergunt aliquando, id. Off. 2, 7, 24: patriam demersam extuli, id. Sull. 31, 87; cf. Nep. Dion, 6; and concidit domus, ob lucrum demersa exitio, Hor. Od. 3, 16, 13: plebs aere alieno demersa, Liv. 2, 29, 8; cf. id. 6, 27, 6: Rheam in perpetuam virginitatem demersit, Just. 43, 2.—P. a., dēmersus, a, um, depressed. —Comp.: pulsus, Coel. Am. Acut. 2, 32, 165: qui demersiora scrutantur, Rufin. Origen in Cant. 3, p. 10.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindēmergō

Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *mesg- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *mésgeti Proto-Italic *mezgō Latin mergō Latin dēmergō From dē- + mergō.

Descendants
  • Italiandemergere

In English words that came into English from dēmergō

  • demersaldemersus

Quick answers

What does dēmergō mean in Latin?
dēmergō, a verb, means “to sink or submerge, plunge into; to overwhelm, depress; to bury”.
What are the principal parts of dēmergō?
dēmergō, dēmergere, dēmersī, dēmersum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce dēmergō?
In classical Latin, [deːˈmɛr.ɡoː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [deˈmɛr.ɡo].
Where does dēmergō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *de → Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ → Proto-Italic *dē → Latin dēmergō.