demersio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

dēmersĭo, ōnis, f. [demergo], a being sunk down, a sinking (late Lat. and rare).

I Prop.: urbium, Sol. 40, 5.—

II Trop.: temporalis (animae), Macr. S. 1, 12 fin.