adimo

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.di.moː/, [ˈäd̪ɪmoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.di.mo/, [ˈäːd̪imo]

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	adempsō	adempsis	adempsit	adempsimus	adempsitis	adempsint
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	adempsor	adempseris	adempsitur	—	—	—
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	adempsim	adempsīs	adempsīt	adempsīmus	adempsītis	adempsint
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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		adimere	adēmisse	adēmptūrum esse	adimī	adēmptum esse	adēmptum īrī
participles		adimēns	—	adēmptūrus	—	adēmptus	adimendus, adimundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		adimendī	adimendō	adimendum	adimendō	adēmptum	adēmptū

¹At least one use of the archaic "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^[1], 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