demus

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See also: Demus and DEMUs

Latin

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Verb

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dēmus

  1. first-person plural present active subjunctive of

References

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  • 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

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Etymology

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From Arabic دَامُوس (dāmūs), variant of دَيْمَاس (daymās).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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demus m (plural dwiemes)

  1. wild animal den
  2. underground prison