Latin

Verb

adimō ‎(present infinitive adimere, perfect active adēmī, supine ademptum); third conjugation

1. I take away, deprive of, snatch away, carry off; steal; capture.
2. I remove (from a situation), save,rescue

Inflection

Note that for adēmerit there is the alternative form adēmpsit.

Synonyms

• (take away): auferō, āvertō, dīripiō, ēripiō, rapiō, tollō

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• English: adeem

References

• adimo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• adimo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “adimo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • I cannot sleep for anxiety: curae somnum mihi adimunt, dormire me non sinunt
    
  • to deprive a man of the chance of doing a thing: facultatem, potestatem alicui eripere, adimere
    
  • to deprive a person of hope: spem alicui adimere, tollere, auferre, eripere