LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbsecond conjugation

dēmoveō

dēmoveō (present infinitive dēmovēre, perfect active dēmōvī, supine dēmōtum)
Classical[deːˈmɔ.we.oː]Ecclesiastical[deˈmɔː.ve.o]

Meaning

  1. transitiveto move or turn away; divert; put away, remove, dislodge

Conjugation conjugation 2

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.dēmoveōdēmovēbamdēmovēbōdēmōvīdēmōveramdēmōverō
2nd sg.dēmovēsdēmovēbāsdēmovēbisdēmōvistīdēmōverāsdēmōveris
3rd sg.dēmovetdēmovēbatdēmovēbitdēmōvitdēmōveratdēmōverit
1st pl.dēmovēmusdēmovēbāmusdēmovēbimusdēmōvimusdēmōverāmusdēmōverimus
2nd pl.dēmovētisdēmovēbātisdēmovēbitisdēmōvistisdēmōverātisdēmōveritis
3rd pl.dēmoventdēmovēbantdēmovēbuntdēmōvērunt
dēmōvēre
dēmōverantdēmōverint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.dēmoveamdēmovēremdēmōverimdēmōvissem
2nd sg.dēmoveāsdēmovērēsdēmōverīsdēmōvissēs
3rd sg.dēmoveatdēmovēretdēmōveritdēmōvisset
1st pl.dēmoveāmusdēmovērēmusdēmōverīmusdēmōvissēmus
2nd pl.dēmoveātisdēmovērētisdēmōverītisdēmōvissētis
3rd pl.dēmoveantdēmovērentdēmōverintdēmōvissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.dēmoveordēmovēbardēmovēbor
2nd sg.dēmovēris
dēmovēre
dēmovēbāris
dēmovēbāre
dēmovēberis
dēmovēbere
3rd sg.dēmovēturdēmovēbāturdēmovēbitur
1st pl.dēmovēmurdēmovēbāmurdēmovēbimur
2nd pl.dēmovēminīdēmovēbāminīdēmovēbiminī
3rd pl.dēmoventurdēmovēbanturdēmovēbuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.dēmoveardēmovērer
2nd sg.dēmoveāris
dēmoveāre
dēmovērēris
dēmovērēre
3rd sg.dēmoveāturdēmovērētur
1st pl.dēmoveāmurdēmovērēmur
2nd pl.dēmoveāminīdēmovērēminī
3rd pl.dēmoveanturdēmovērentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.dēmovēdēmovēre
pres. 2nd pl.dēmovētedēmovēminī
fut. 2nd sg.dēmovētōdēmovētor
fut. 3rd sg.dēmovētōdēmovētor
fut. 2nd pl.dēmovētōte—
fut. 3rd pl.dēmoventōdēmoventor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivedēmovēredēmovērī
perfect infinitivedēmōvissedēmōtum esse
future infinitivedēmōtūrum essedēmōtum īrī
present participledēmovēns—
perfect participle—dēmōtus
dēmōta, dēmōtā, dēmōtae, dēmōtam, dēmōtārum, dēmōtās, dēmōte, dēmōtī, dēmōtīs, dēmōtō, dēmōtōrum, dēmōtōs
future participledēmōtūrus
dēmōtūra, dēmōtūrā, dēmōtūrae, dēmōtūram, dēmōtūrārum, dēmōtūrās, dēmōtūre, dēmōtūrī, dēmōtūrīs, dēmōtūrō, dēmōtūrōrum, dēmōtūrōs, dēmōtūrum
dēmovendus
dēmovenda, dēmovendā, dēmovendae, dēmovendam, dēmovendārum, dēmovendās, dēmovende, dēmovendīs, dēmovendōrum, dēmovendōs
gerunddēmovendī, dēmovendō, dēmovendumsupinedēmōtum, dēmōtū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

aliquem de dignitatis gradu demovere
to overthrow a person (cf. sect. IX. 6).
demovere, deicere aliquem de possessione
to dispossess a person.
animum alicuius de statu, de gradu demovere (more strongly depellere, deturbare)
to disconcert a person.

dē-mŏvĕo (often confounded in MSS. and edd. with di-moveo, q. v.), mōvi, mōtum, 2,
I. v. a., to move or turn away; to put away, remove (freq. and good prose).
I. Lit.: demoveri et depelli de loco necesse est eum qui deiciatur ... neminem statui detrusum, qui non adhibita vi manu demotus et actus praeceps intelligatur, Cic. Caecin. 17, 49: ex sua sede, id. Par. 1, 15; id. Leg. Agr. 2, 29, 81.—With abl. alone, id. Planc. 22, 53: hostes gradu, to compel to give ground, Liv. 6, 32; cf.: sacra statu suo, id. 9, 29 (al. dimovere); and without abl.: Pompeius vestri facti praejudicio demotus, forced to yield, * Caes. B. C. 2, 32, 2: flumen solito alveo, Tac. A. 1, 79: Silanum Syria, id. ib. 2, 43: Pallantem curā rerum, id. ib. 13, 14: Burrum praefecturā, id. ib. 13, 20 al.: non alteros demovisse, sed utrosque constituisse, Cic. Sull. 21 fin.; Tac. A. 4, 60; 15, 65: eā (sc. matre) demotā, thrust aside, put out of the way, id. ib. 14, 12: in insulas interdicto igni atque aqua demoti sunt, id. ib. 6, 30.—
II. Trop.: oculos ab alicujus oculis, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 16: formidine animum perterritum loco et certo de statu demovere, Cic. Caecin. 15: aliquem de vera et certa sententia, to divert, Cic. Verr. 1, 17 fin.: aliquem a causa alicujus, id. Clu. 15, 44: odium a nobis ac nostris, id. de Or. 2, 51, 208.

Origins

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

Latin dē- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin dēmoveō From dē- + moveō (“move”).

Descendants
  • Italiandimuovere
  • Portuguesedemover

Quick answers

What does dēmoveō mean in Latin?
dēmoveō, a verb, means “to move or turn away; divert; put away, remove, dislodge”.
What are the principal parts of dēmoveō?
dēmoveō, dēmovēre, dēmōvī, dēmōtum (second conjugation).
How do you pronounce dēmoveō?
In classical Latin, [deːˈmɔ.we.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [deˈmɔː.ve.o].
Where does dēmoveō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *de → Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ → Proto-Italic *dē → Latin dēmoveō.