demus
Latin
Verb
dēmus
- first-person plural present active subjunctive of dō
References
- “demus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- demus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “demus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “demus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- “demus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic دَامُوس (dāmūs), variant of دَيْمَاس (daymās).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛˈmuːs/
Noun
demus m (plural dwiemes)
- wild animal den
- Synonym: bejta
- underground prison