LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbsecond conjugation

dīmoveō

dīmoveō (present infinitive dīmovēre, perfect active dīmōvī, supine dīmōtum)
Classical[diːˈmɔ.we.oː]Ecclesiastical[diˈmɔː.ve.o]

Meaning

  1. to move, move aside, or put asunder; part, separate, divide, dislodge, cleave; remove, take away
    Postera Phoebēā lūstrābat lampade terrās, ūmentemque Aurōra polō dimōverat umbram, [...].The next day, Aurora was roving the lands with the lamp of Phoebus, and had removed the damp shadow from the sky, ….29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.6-7
  2. to disperse, drive away, dismiss

Conjugation conjugation 2

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.dīmoveōdīmovēbamdīmovēbōdīmōvīdīmōveramdīmōverō
2nd sg.dīmovēsdīmovēbāsdīmovēbisdīmōvistīdīmōverāsdīmōveris
3rd sg.dīmovetdīmovēbatdīmovēbitdīmōvitdīmōveratdīmōverit
1st pl.dīmovēmusdīmovēbāmusdīmovēbimusdīmōvimusdīmōverāmusdīmōverimus
2nd pl.dīmovētisdīmovēbātisdīmovēbitisdīmōvistisdīmōverātisdīmōveritis
3rd pl.dīmoventdīmovēbantdīmovēbuntdīmōvērunt
dīmōvēre
dīmōverantdīmōverint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.dīmoveamdīmovēremdīmōverimdīmōvissem
2nd sg.dīmoveāsdīmovērēsdīmōverīsdīmōvissēs
3rd sg.dīmoveatdīmovēretdīmōveritdīmōvisset
1st pl.dīmoveāmusdīmovērēmusdīmōverīmusdīmōvissēmus
2nd pl.dīmoveātisdīmovērētisdīmōverītisdīmōvissētis
3rd pl.dīmoveantdīmovērentdīmōverintdīmōvissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.dīmoveordīmovēbardīmovēbor
2nd sg.dīmovēris
dīmovēre
dīmovēbāris
dīmovēbāre
dīmovēberis
dīmovēbere
3rd sg.dīmovēturdīmovēbāturdīmovēbitur
1st pl.dīmovēmurdīmovēbāmurdīmovēbimur
2nd pl.dīmovēminīdīmovēbāminīdīmovēbiminī
3rd pl.dīmoventurdīmovēbanturdīmovēbuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.dīmoveardīmovērer
2nd sg.dīmoveāris
dīmoveāre
dīmovērēris
dīmovērēre
3rd sg.dīmoveāturdīmovērētur
1st pl.dīmoveāmurdīmovērēmur
2nd pl.dīmoveāminīdīmovērēminī
3rd pl.dīmoveanturdīmovērentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.dīmovēdīmovēre
pres. 2nd pl.dīmovētedīmovēminī
fut. 2nd sg.dīmovētōdīmovētor
fut. 3rd sg.dīmovētōdīmovētor
fut. 2nd pl.dīmovētōte—
fut. 3rd pl.dīmoventōdīmoventor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivedīmovēredīmovērī
perfect infinitivedīmōvissedīmōtum esse
future infinitivedīmōtūrum essedīmōtum īrī
present participledīmovēns—
perfect participle—dīmōtus
dīmōta, dīmōtā, dīmōtae, dīmōtam, dīmōtārum, dīmōtās, dīmōte, dīmōtī, dīmōtīs, dīmōtō, dīmōtōrum, dīmōtōs
future participledīmōtūrus
dīmōtūra, dīmōtūrā, dīmōtūrae, dīmōtūram, dīmōtūrārum, dīmōtūrās, dīmōtūre, dīmōtūrī, dīmōtūrīs, dīmōtūrō, dīmōtūrōrum, dīmōtūrōs, dīmōtūrum
dīmovendus
dīmovenda, dīmovendā, dīmovendae, dīmovendam, dīmovendārum, dīmovendās, dīmovende, dīmovendīs, dīmovendōrum, dīmovendōs
gerunddīmovendī, dīmovendō, dīmovendumsupinedīmōtum, dīmōtū

dī-mŏvĕo, ōvi, ōtum (DISMOTUM,
I. v. infra), 2, v. a. (in MSS. and edd. often confounded with demoveo, q. v.; not freq. before the Aug. per.; not in Caes. and Quint.; perh. not in Cic., where demovere appears everywhere to be the better reading).
I. To move asunder, to part, put asunder, separate, divide: terram aratro, Verg. G. 2, 513; cf.: glebas aratro, Ov. M. 5, 341: aera (c. c. dispellere umbras), Verg. A. 5, 839; cf. auras, id. ib. 9, 645: cinerem foco, Ov. M. 8, 642: undas, Lucr. 6, 891; Ov. M. 4, 708; cf. aquas, id. H. 18, 80; 19, 48: rubum, Hor. C. 1, 23, 7.—Poet.: ubi sol radiis terram dimovit abortus (preceded by: ubi roriferis terram nox obruit umbris), cleaves the earth, lays it open, Lucr. 6, 869.—
B. Transf.
1. Of a multitude of persons or things, to separate from each other, to scatter, disperse, drive away, dismiss: humentem umbram polo, Verg. A. 3, 589; 4, 7; cf.: gelidam umbram caelo, id. ib. 11, 210: obstantes propinquos, Hor. C. 3, 5, 51: turbam, Tac. H. 3, 31; 80; Suet. Galb. 19; cf.: dimotis omnibus, Tac. H. 2, 49; cf.: VTEI EA BACANALIA SEI QVA SVNT ... DISMOTA SIENT, i. e. be dissolved, abolished, S. C. de Bacchan. fin.—
2. To separate from something, to remove.
a. Lit.: quos (equites) spes societatis a plebe dimoverat, Sall. J. 42, 1; Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 23: dimovit perfregitque custodias Poena, Plin. Pan. 49: parietes (al. demotis), Tac. A. 6, 24: plagulas (lecticae), Suet. Tit. 10 al.—
b. Trop.: gaudentem patrios findere sarculo Numquam dimoveas, ut, etc., thou canst never entice away, in order to, etc., Hor. C. 1, 1, 13 (al. demo-).—
II. To move to and fro, to put in motion (cf. dimitto, no. I.—so perh. only in Celsus): superiores partes, Cels. 3, 27, 3: manus, id. 2, 14 fin.: se inambulatione levi, id. 4, 24 al.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Latindīmoveō

Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- 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 dīmoveō From dis- + moveō (“move”).

Descendants
  • Italiandismuovere
  • Middle Frenchdémouvoirfrom Old French desmovoir

Quick answers

What does dīmoveō mean in Latin?
dīmoveō, a verb, means “to move, move aside, or put asunder; part, separate, divide, dislodge, cleave; remove, take away”.
What are the principal parts of dīmoveō?
dīmoveō, dīmovēre, dīmōvī, dīmōtum (second conjugation).
How do you pronounce dīmoveō?
In classical Latin, [diːˈmɔ.we.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [diˈmɔː.ve.o].
Where does dīmoveō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ → Latin dīmoveō.