dēmo, mpsi (msi), mptum (mtum), 3, v. a. [contr. from de-emo; cf. adimo and abemito], to take off, take away, to withdraw, subtract, remove (class. and very freq.; for syn. cf.: adimo, eripio, furor, rapio, prehendo, capio, sumo, excipio).
I Lit.: addita demptaque quaedam, Lucr. 2, 770; cf.: cum aliquid additur aut demitur, Cic. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 16: si quid ad eas (leges) addi demi mutarive vellet, Liv. 31, 11 fin. : lubet scire quantum auri erus sibi dempsit, Plaut. Bac. 4, 4, 14 (for which, shortly after, sibi novem abstulit): aurum sibi, Ter. Eun. 627: secures de fascibus, Cic. Rep. 2, 31; so, clipea de columnis, Liv. 40, 51: de capite ( from the sum total ) medimna DC, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 33; cf. ib. 35 (twice): una dempta uncia deunx, dextans dempto sextante, dodrans dempto quadrante, bes dempto triente, Varr. L. L. 5, § 172 Müll.: de stipendio equitum aera, Liv. 7, 41: non hilum de tempore mortis, Lucr. 3, 1100; cf.: partem de die, Hor. Od. 1, 1, 20; Ov. Tr. 5, 2, 20 et saep.: quam minimum ex osse, Cels. 8, 4; cf.: aliquid ex cibo, id. 6, 6, 16: fetus ab arbore, Ov. H. 20, 9; cf.: sucum a vellere, id. A. A. 3, 214.—With simple abl. : fetus arbore, id. M. 14, 689: juga equis, id. ib. 7, 324; id. F. 2, 74; cf.: juga bobus, Hor. Od. 3, 6, 42: vincla pedibus, Ov. M. 3, 168; cf.: vincula nobis, id. F. 3, 320: nubem supercilio, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 94 et saep.: soleas (when about to recline at table), Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 16; cf.: Ov. A. A. 2, 212: haec (epistola) casu ad turrim adhaesit ... dempta ad Ciceronem defertur, * Caes. B. C. 5, 48, 8: odorem vino, Cato R. R. 110: barbam, to shave , Suet. Caes. 67.—
II Trop.: nulla dies nobis maerorem e pectore demet, Lucr. 3, 921; so, mihi et tibi et illis molestiam, Ter. Ad. 819: nobis acerbam necessitudinem, Sall. J. 102, 5: plus dignitatis patribus (with detrahere, and opp. addere), Liv. 2, 60: silentia furto, i. e. to disclose the theft , Ov. M. 2, 700 et saep.—Without a dat.: metum omnem, Ter. Ad. 736: dolorem, Lucr. 2, 21: sollicitudinem, Cic. Att. 11, 15 fin. : curas his dictis, Verg. A. 2, 775; 3, 153 et saep.: ex dignitate populi (opp. adicere), Liv. 34, 54; cf.: de vi magistratus, id. 3, 33 fin. : lex ipsa per se dempto auctore, even without its author , Liv. 2, 42; cf.: dempto fine, without end , Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 2: addere aut demere ad haec (verba), Vulg. 1 Mac. 8, 30.