adimo

Latin

Etymology

From ad- (“to, towards, at”) +‎ emō (“buy; acquire”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈa.dɪ.moː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈaː.di.mo]

Verb

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

1. to take away, snatch away, carry off; steal; capture

   Synonyms: auferō, āvertō, abdūcō, prīvō, dīripiō, ēripiō, rapiō, āmoveō, rēmoveō, exhauriō, fraudō, dēmō, tollō, praedor, corripiō, agō, dēstringō, extorqueō

2. (figuratively) to take away, deprive of
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.244:

     [...] dat somnōs adimitque, et lūmina morte resignat.

     [Mercury] gives sleep and takes it away, and unseals eyes in death.

3. to remove (from a situation), save, rescue

   Synonyms: salvō, tūtor, vindicō, cū̆stōdiō, sospitō, teneō, servō, prōtegō, dēfendō, tegō, eximō, tueor, legō, arceō, ēripiō, excipiō, prohibeō

   Antonyms: immineō, īnstō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of adimō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	adimō		adimis		adimit		adimimus		adimitis		adimunt
	imperfect	adimēbam		adimēbās		adimēbat		adimēbāmus		adimēbātis		adimēbant
	future	adimam		adimēs		adimet		adimēmus		adimētis		adiment
	perfect	adēmī		adēmistī		adēmit		adēmimus		adēmistis		adēmērunt, adēmēre
	pluperfect	adēmeram		adēmerās		adēmerat		adēmerāmus		adēmerātis		adēmerant
	future perfect	adēmerō		adēmeris		adēmerit		adēmerimus		adēmeritis		adēmerint
	sigmatic future1	adēmpsō		adēmpsis		adēmpsit		adēmpsimus		adēmpsitis		adēmpsint
passive	present	adimor		adimeris, adimere		adimitur		adimimur		adimiminī		adimuntur
	imperfect	adimēbar		adimēbāris, adimēbāre		adimēbātur		adimēbāmur		adimēbāminī		adimēbantur
	future	adimar		adimēris, adimēre		adimētur		adimēmur		adimēminī		adimentur
	perfect	adēmptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	adēmptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	adēmptus + future active indicative of sum
	sigmatic future1	adēmpsor		adēmpseris		adēmpsitur		—		—		—
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	adimam		adimās		adimat		adimāmus		adimātis		adimant
	imperfect	adimerem		adimerēs		adimeret		adimerēmus		adimerētis		adimerent
	perfect	adēmerim		adēmerīs		adēmerit		adēmerīmus		adēmerītis		adēmerint
	pluperfect	adēmissem		adēmissēs		adēmisset		adēmissēmus		adēmissētis		adēmissent
	sigmatic aorist1	adēmpsim		adēmpsīs		adēmpsīt		adēmpsīmus		adēmpsītis		adēmpsint
passive	present	adimar		adimāris, adimāre		adimātur		adimāmur		adimāminī		adimantur
	imperfect	adimerer		adimerēris, adimerēre		adimerētur		adimerēmur		adimerēminī		adimerentur
	perfect	adēmptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	adēmptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		adime		—		—		adimite		—
	future	—		adimitō		adimitō		—		adimitōte		adimuntō
passive	present	—		adimere		—		—		adimiminī		—
	future	—		adimitor		adimitor		—		—		adimuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		adimere			adimī			adimēns			—
future		adēmptūrum esse			adēmptum īrī			adēmptūrus			adimendus, adimundus
perfect		adēmisse			adēmptum esse			—			adēmptus
future perfect		—			adēmptum fore			—			—
perfect potential		adēmptūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		adimendī		adimendō		adimendum		adimendō		adēmptum		adēmptū

¹At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to"). It is also attested as having a rare sigmatic future passive indicative form ("will have been"), which is not attested in the plural for any verb.

Derived terms

• ademptiō
• ademptor
• ademptus

Related terms

• coemō
• cōmō
• dirimō
• eximō
• interimō
• perimō
• prōmō
• redimō

Descendants

• English: adeem, adempt

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
• “adimo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (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